How do you whip up resentment against absentee landlords and pocketers of bribes when the highest ambition of the people is either to become the former or be in a position to receive the latter? John Brunner More Quotes by John Brunner More Quotes From John Brunner Yes, for most people nowadays television is their only contact with the world beyond their work. John Brunner people television world Rumors that the sun is out at Santa Ynez are without foundation," the radio said. John Brunner santa rumor foundation Papa Hegel he say that all we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. I knew people who can't even learn from what happened this morning. Hegel must have been taking the long view. John Brunner views morning long UNFAIR :; Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. John Brunner cheat unfair people Love and joy are incredibly habit-forming; often a single exposure is enough to cause permanent addiction. John Brunner addiction causes joy I can't see heaven but I credit hell I live in New York so I know it well. When they shut out heaven with the Fuller Dome God gave it up and He went home. John Brunner new-york home heaven to travel faster than a speeding bullet is not much help if you and it are heading straight towards each other John Brunner bullets faster helping I'm myself, not a label. John Brunner labels What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine? John Brunner machines humanity names We fret about how to keep going the same old way when we should be casting around for another way that’s better. John Brunner casting should way It's common platitude that knowledge is neutral but every now and then it would be useful if it were on your side and not theirs. John Brunner your-side would-be sides Christ, what an imagination I've got! John Brunner imagination christ First you use machines, then you wear machines, and then ...? Then you serve machines. John Brunner machines use firsts As its best, SF is the medium in which our miserable certainty that tomorrow will be different from today in ways we cant predict, can be transmuted to a sense of excitement and anticipation, occasionally evolving into awe. Poised between intransigent scepticism and uncritical credulity, it is par excellence the literature of the open mind. John Brunner different excellence mind Who should know better than a cosmetician that human beings are less than rational creatures? John Brunner rational humans should There's one bright spot in the generally gloomy picture know as the Pacific Conflict Zone. According to my calculations, by the year 2500 or so we should have killed off every last member of our species who is stupid enough to take part in so futile a pastime as this war between "ideals," and with luck they won't have left their genes behind because they'll typically have been killed at an age when society thinks they're too young to assume the responsibility of childbearing. After that we may get some peace and quiet for a change. John Brunner responsibility stupid war People who hate in concrete terms are dangerous. People who manage to hate only in abstracts are the ones worth having for your friends. John Brunner dangerous hate people On balance, I would say that anybody who reminds our lords and masters that the computerized society is fragile... has definitely done a service to the public at large. John Brunner service balance society done The same computers that make it impossible for you to cheat on your income tax can ensure that the blood of your group is in the ambulance that picks you up from a car smash. John Brunner computers you car impossible I have always found fact infinitely more interesting than myths and falsehoods. John Brunner fact more always interesting