“ She recalled him as a forceful and witty speaker with a ready repartee and a penetrating voice. He had once, for example, put down a spokesman for the pesticide industry with a remark that people stil… John Brunner
“ I'm proud of it. Apart from marking the first occasion when I used my talent on behalf of other people without being asked and without caring whether I was rewarded--which was a major breakthrough in… John Brunner
“ Don't bother explaining—I've heard all the excuses and the trouble is most of them are true. John Brunner
“ The killers are the people who are ruining the world to line their pockets, poisoning us, burying us under garbage! John Brunner
“ Page: Don't keep the world on tenterhooks, Tom! Out with it! What's the best thing we can do to ensure a long, happy, healthy future for mankind? John Brunner
“ Man has one name, and many more than two natures. But the essential two are these: that he shall strive to impose order on chaos, and that he shall strive to take advantage of chaos… A third element o… John Brunner
“ We know a lot nowadays about how to extrapolate from rats to people, but we don't only have to rely on that. In a sense we've made ourselves into experimental animals. There are too many of us, too cr… John Brunner
“ To travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other John Brunner
“ We cannot afford the luxury known as conscience. The enemy we are up against certainly doesn't have one, so we are obliged to be absolutely rational. Cruel, if you like. People of good will, tolerant,… John Brunner
“ …as though, capable themselves of suffering, they granted no reality to the suffering of others. ‘The subject exhibited a pain response.’ But not, under any circumstances, . John Brunner
“ If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing. John Brunner
“ You will die, and I, and all we can create—why not a city? But if there is one thing that deserves to be immortal, it is knowledge. John Brunner
“ We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way that’s better. John Brunner
“ My degrees are scholarates, not mere doctorates. I’ve always been very proud of that. Like surgeons over in Britain, taking offense at being called Dr. So-and -so. … But it’s irrelevant, it’s superflu… John Brunner
“ The walls were chipped and needed paint. The windows were mostly okay but one pane was blocked with cardboard. There were fleas the exterminator couldn't kill and rats that scrabbled in the walls and… John Brunner
