Source: Culture series, Excession (1996), Chapter 5 “Kiss the Blade” section III (p. 149).
Trey Bundy as published on FatFreeRadio.net on December 4, 2000.
“The moment when the scientists became engineers was a historical turning point.”
Source: The Best of All Possible Worlds (2006), Chapter 8, The End of Nature, p. 152.
Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005)
“What’s the point of being in charge if you can’t indulge in pointless favoritism.”
Source: Old Man’s War (2005), Chapter 7 (p. 124)
Source: The Repossession Mambo (2009), Chapter 12 (p. 187)
“Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.”
Source: Chicken Soup for the Soul
Alternative translation: Subtle and insubstantial, the expert leaves no trace; divinely mysterious, he is inaudible. Thus he is master of his enemy's fate.
Alternative translation: O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.
The Art of War, Chapter VI · Weaknesses and Strengths
Context: Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.
“When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.”
page 294
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)
Variant: He recalled Dr. Sarvis' favorite apothegm: When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
Source: The Monkey Wrench Gang
"The Mindscape of Alan Moore" (2003)
Context: The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is, that it is not the Jewish banking conspiracy or the grey aliens or the 12 foot reptiloids from another dimension that are in control. The truth is more frightening, nobody is in control. The world is rudderless.
