George R. Stewart Professions : Novelist Born : May 31, 1895 Died : August 22, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by George R. Stewart The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way. George R. Stewart expecting trouble way As for man, there is little reason to think that he can in the long run escape the fate of other creatures, and if there is a biological law of flux and reflux, his situation is now a highly perilous one. During ten thousand years his numbers have been on the upgrade in spite of wars, pestilences, and famines. This increase in population has become more and more rapid. Biologically, man has for too long a time been rolling an uninterrupted run of sevens. George R. Stewart fate running war Men go and come, but earth abides. George R. Stewart earth men Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors