“ Let's set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self-replicating organisms came into existence on this planet and immediately began trying to get ri… Neal Stephenson
“ It’s not about how women are deficient. It’s more about how men are deficient. Our social deficiencies, lack of perspective, or whatever you want to call it, is what enables us to study one species of… Neal Stephenson
“ It registered on the mind as a blunt impression that could be talked about only by smearing it into some gray word like complicated. Neal Stephenson
“ Insubordinate/undisciplined witch—murders colleagues, not on board with mission objectives, declines to disclose functionality Neal Stephenson
“ In the parking lot of a Safeway on Oahu, he says. And he's telling the truth;in the background she can hear the shopping carts performing their clashy, analcopulations.I'm kind of busy now, Whitey --… Neal Stephenson
“ In a hypothetical, extremely simple Cloud Ark consisting of only two arklets, only one calculation needed to be performed: namely, the calculation that answered the question Will Arklet 1 bang into Ar… Neal Stephenson
“ Il mondo moderno è un disastro per chi si diletta a scrivere haiku: quante sillabe ci sono in «generatore elettrico»? Nove? Non ci starebbe neanche nel secondo verso. Neal Stephenson
“ If you sincerely believed in God, how could you form one thought, speak one sentence, without mentioning Him? Neal Stephenson
“ If you had to give a name to the whole apparatus, what would you call it? Hmmm, Waterhouse says. Well, its basic job is to perform mathematical calculations—like a computer. Comstock snorts. A compute… Neal Stephenson
“ If no one is barfing, then none of us is likely to die, at least over a time span of weeks. Neal Stephenson
“ If it weren’t for the obvious drawbacks, I would recommend that everyone go crazy at least once in their lifetime, El said. It’s the most fascinating thing I’ve ever done. Going about it mindfully req… Neal Stephenson
“ If he lived by a simple code of ethics, it was not an end in itself, but a way to get something done without selling his soul or destroying his reputation. It was a tool to be wielded like a shovel or… Neal Stephenson
“ Ideas are good things to have even if they are old. Even to understand the most advanced theorics requires a lifetime of study. To keep the existing stock of ideas alive requires…all of this. And I wa… Neal Stephenson
“ I'll buy it right now, Jack, said an English voice, somehow familiar, if you stop being such a fucking tosser, that is. Neal Stephenson
“ I study dead languages for a living, I said. That’s why you hired me. Why should I be up to speed on your line of work? How’s your Serbo-Croatian? What’s your position on the relationship between Osca… Neal Stephenson
“ I know, Julia said. It is so difficult rebuilding an intelligence community from scratch. One must make do with the materials at hand. Their youth, their inexperience, and the openness they’ve come to… Neal Stephenson
“ I just saved your fucking life, Mom...It's like, if you--people of a certain age--would make some effort to just stay in touch with sort of basic, modern-day events, then your kids wouldn't have to ta… Neal Stephenson
