Paolo Bacigalupi citations (20 citations)

Paolo Bacigalupi: 20 citations0 J'aime

Paolo Bacigalupi: Citations en anglais

“Food should come from the place of its origin, and stay there. It shouldn’t spend its time crisscrossing the globe for the sake of profit. We went down that path once, and it brought us to ruin.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 93

“All life produces waste. The act of living produces costs, hazards and disposal questions, and so the (Environment) Ministry has found itself in the center of all life, mitigating, guiding and policing the detritus of the average person along with investigating the infractions of the greedy and short-sighted, the ones who wish to make quick profits and trade on others’ lives for it.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 121

“Laws are confusing documents. They get in the way of justice.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 55

“Sex and hypocrisy. They go together like coffee and cream.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 41

“Knowledge is simply a terrible ocean we must cross, and hope that wisdom lies on the other side.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi

"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004

“Every time he makes plans for his future, he seems to fail. Every time he reaches forward, the world leans against him, pressing him down.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 77

“If you bargain when they squeeze your balls, they will only squeeze again.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 94

“The symbol for the Environment Ministry is the eye of a tortoise, for the long view—the understanding that nothing comes cheap or quickly without a hidden cost.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 121

“We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi

"The Pasho", Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004

“At first, when California started winning its water lawsuits and shutting off cities, the displaced people just followed the water—right to California. It took a little while before the bureaucrats realized what was going on, but finally someone with a sharp pencil did the math and realized that taking in people along with their water didn't solve a water shortage.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi

"The Tamarisk Hunter", High Country, 26 June 2006

“Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 212

“Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 247

“A desert's a stupid place to put a river.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi

"The Tamarisk Hunter", High Country, 26 June 2006

“Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 280

“They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 306

“She does not know how little anyone cares to separate wheat from chaff, when all anyone wants to do is burn a field.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 204

“Nothing is certain—that is the first lesson.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 67

“You're saying that you yoked the world to your patented grains and seeds, happily enslaved us all—and now you finally realize that you are dragging us all to hell.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 151

“An untrampled scorpion troubles no one.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi

"The Pasho", in Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2004

“If you act like a servant, you will die like a dog.”

Help us translate this quote

Paolo Bacigalupi livre The Windup Girl

Source: The Windup Girl (2009), p. 159

Auteurs similaires

Rick Riordan12

écrivain américain None

John Green7

écrivain américain et vlogger None

Patrick Rothfuss10

écrivain américain None

Mathias Malzieu32

chanteur et parolier du groupe Dionysos, réalisateur et rom… None

Elon Musk2

Entrepreneur américain None

Marilyn Manson

musicien et chanteur américain None

Lady Gaga4

auteur-compositrice-interprète américaine None

Barack Obama8

44e président des États-Unis None

Khaled Hosseini5

écrivain américain None

Alex Flinn3

écrivain américaine None

Auteurs similaires

Rick Riordan12

écrivain américain None

John Green7

écrivain américain et vlogger None

Patrick Rothfuss10

écrivain américain None

Mathias Malzieu32

chanteur et parolier du groupe Dionysos, réalisateur et rom… None

Elon Musk2

Entrepreneur américain None