“ Le persone che aveva consultato gli avevano unanimemente risposto che la matematica, come il restauro degli organi a canne, era sì una bella cosa, ma che a un certo punto bisognava pur trovare un lavo… Neal Stephenson
“ I’m surprised at you! If it will take ten years to make the machine with available technology, and only five years to make it with a new technology, and it will only take two years to invent the new t… Neal Stephenson
“ It’s when a society plunders its ability to look over the horizon and into the future in order to get short-term gain—sometimes illusory gain—that it begins a long slide nearly impossible to reverse. Neal Stephenson
“ It is satisfying, and after a while he finds himself singing an old song: the same one he sang with Oldenburg in Broad Arrow Tower. He keeps time with his hammer, and draws out those notes that make t… Neal Stephenson
“ It is inherent in the mentality of extramuros bulshytt-talkers that they are more prone than anyone else to taking offense (or pretending to) when their bulshytt is pointed out to them. This places th… Neal Stephenson
“ It had been a hell of a long time since he had been reduced to hiding behind a tree, and he did not view it as much of a professional achievement. Neal Stephenson
“ In the center of that open space, a bony woman in a threadbare garment was hunched over a dead plant.Sword of Divine Fire's reaction was succinct: Fuck! The woman cringed as if he'd hit her with a bul… Neal Stephenson
“ I locked him out of the reticule, Esma said. He was speaking incoherently of cheese. Neal Stephenson
“ I have devoted much effort, during the last decade or so, to the systematic encouragement of subversiveness. Neal Stephenson
“ I guessed that by pretending to be the leader I could make a few things go my way, at least for a little while, until they figured out I was faking it. Neal Stephenson
“ I don’t hold it against you that you turned out Irish, either. I wasn’t there to make Englishmen of you, and so it’s Irish you are, by default. Neal Stephenson
“ I am what I am, Ty said. And what is that? Ariane asked. A bartender. Always happy to make new acquaintances. He nodded at Bard. Or to provide guests with drinks. Anyone thirsty? Neal Stephenson
“ I always tend to assume there's an infinite amount of money out there.There might as well be, Arsibalt said, but most of it gets spent on pornography, sugar water and bombs. There is only so much that… Neal Stephenson
“ Hollywood je jenom specializovaná banka – konsorcium větších finančních entit, které najímají talenty, téměř vždy za paušální plat, nařídí jim vytvořit produkt a ten pak prodávají na každém představit… Neal Stephenson
“ Holding one of those things in your hands, cleaning the barrel and shoving the rounds into clips, really brings you face-to-face with what a desperate, last-ditch measure they really are. I mean, if i… Neal Stephenson
“ His rule of thumb, after a walk, is to drink water until he begins to urinate again. Then he can consider other activities. Neal Stephenson
“ Hiro's father, who was stationed in Japan for many years, was obsessed with cameras. He kept bringing them back from his stints in the Far East, encased in many protective layers, so that when he took… Neal Stephenson
“ Hiro feels even at this moment that something has been torn open in the world and that he is dangling above the gap, staring into a place where he does not want to be. Neal Stephenson
“ He was tempted to park the SUV illegally, since, according to his calculations, the authorities were not likely to catch up with him and demand payment of the parking ticket before the end of the worl… Neal Stephenson
