Algis Budrys Quotes

United States, Science Fiction Writer
January 9, 1931 – June, 9, 2008.

Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John A. Sentry, William Scarff, and Paul Janvier.

Also known as Editor, Critic

Never try to reason with a man who can see the blade swinging for his head.

Algis Budrys
- Man
- Reason
- Head
Always lobbying for his own emotions, he was the perfect man for a job the administration had tacitly committed to ineptitude.

Algis Budrys
- Job
- Emotions
- Ineptitude

There’re limits to what civilized people can bring out into the open, no matter how savagely they can speculat

Algis Budrys
- People
- Limits
- Bring
The universe has resources of death which we have barely begun to pick at

Algis Budrys
- Death
- Universe
- Resources
There are the people in this world who act, and the people who scheme. The ones who act get things done, and the ones who scheme try to take credit for it. You must know that as well as I do.

Algis Budrys
- People
- Credit
- Scheme
A man is a phoenix, who must be reborn from his own ashes, for there is no other like him in the universe. If the wind stirs the ashes into a clumsy parody, then the phoenix is dead forever. Nothing we know of can bring you back.

Algis Budrys
- Man
- Phoenix
- Reborn
The dead must not rise—they undermine everything their dying created.

Algis Budrys
- Dead
- Created
- Rise
You know, even more than playing chess, I dislike dealing with self-righteous chess players.

Algis Budrys

Look, if I could guarantee what the results were going to be, I wouldn’t need a research program!

Algis Budrys
- Need
- Results
- Program
That was the way things worked out: you got a certain fair share of good breaks from life, and you had no right to expect things your way every time.

Algis Budrys
- Life
- Share
- Expect