Dan Simmons Quotes

'Humanity has evolved-as far as it has evolved,' continued the old priest, 'with no thanks to its predecessors or itself. Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.''Empathy,' Aenea said softly.

Dan Simmons

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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.

Gary Burghoff
- Kid
- Just
- Rotten
The response of anybody interested in liberty is that we all have a say and the ability to have an argument is exactly what liberty is, even though it may never be resolved. In any authoritarian society the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside he will come after you.

Salman Rushdie
- May
- Power
- Society
Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.

Kal Penn
- Up
- Done
- Down
I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
- Think
- Problem
- Period
I've read science fiction my whole life. I never really dreamed that I'd be a published science fiction writer myself, but a short story I started years ago sort of demanded to be turned into a novel.

Ramez Naam
- Life
- Science
- Short
'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'

Sam Simon
- God
- Money
- Thought