Graeme Simsion Quotes

I was facing a complex problem with too much information to process and not enough to support an evidence-based decision. I had learned that this was to be expected in all situations involving human i...

I never drink coffee after 3.48 p.m. It interferes with sleep. Caffeine has a half-life of three to four hours, so it’s irresponsible serving coffee at 7.00 p.m. unless people are planning to stay awa...

Then, in this vanishingly small moment in the history of the universe, she took my hand, and held it all the way to the subway.

I diagnosed brain overload and set up a spreadsheet to analyze the situation.

It seems right now that all I've ever done in my life is making my way here to you.

There were approximately twenty-five people milling around the door and the front of the classroom, but I immediately recognised Julie, the convenor, from Gene’s description: ‘blonde with big tits’. I...

Greetings. My name is Don Tillman and I am a suspected paedophile. I wish to put myself on standby for an assessment.

I became aware of applause. It seemed natural. I had been living in the world of romantic comedy and this was the final scene. But it was real. The entire University Club dining room had been watching...

Unfortunately, their approach was based on the traditional dating paradigm, which I had previously abandoned on the basis that the probability of success did not justify the effort and negative experi...

Feel! Feel, feel, feel! Feelings were disrupting my sense of well-being.

It seems right now that all I’ve ever done in my life is making my way here to you.’I could see that Rosie could not place the line from The Bridges of Madison County that had produced such a powerful...

What are the symptoms of being fucked-up?’ ‘I’ve got crap in my life that I wish I hadn’t. And I’m not good at dealing with it. Am I making sense?

I need a minute to think, she said. I automatically started the timer on my watch. Suddenly Rosie started laughing. I looked at her, understandably puzzled at this outburst in the middle of a critical...

I would normally have scheduled my driving time according to published studies on fatigue and booked accommodation accordingly. But I had been too busy to plan. Nevertheless, I stopped for rest breaks...

I thought you were happy about having a baby.’ I was happy in the way that I would be happy if the captain of an aircraft in which I was travelling announced that he had succeeded in restarting one en...

Time’s up. Excellent work. All the rational solutions came from the aspies. Everyone else was incapacitated by emotion.

Difficulties are inevitable, I said. Major projects require persistence.

The Apricot Ice-cream Disaster had cost a whole evening of my life, compensated for only by the information about simulation algorithms.

During the time we worked concurrently in the Genetics Department, we had numerous interesting discussions, and these continued after his change of position. I would have been satisfied with our relat...

Amazing. She retains a professor of genetics, an alien of extraordinary abilities, to help find her father, she travels for a week, spending almost every minute of the waking day with him, yet when sh...