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Larry Niven quotes

American Writer April 30, 1938

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There were timelines branching and branching, a mega-universe of universes, millions more every minute. Billions? Trillions? The universe split every time someone made a decision. Split, so that every decision ever made could go both ways. Every choice made by every man, woman, and child was reversed in the universe next door. Larry Niven
For two hundred and fifty years the kzinti had not attacked human space. They had nothing to attack with. For two hundred and fifty years men had not attacked the kzinti worlds; and no kzin could understand it. Men confused them terribly. Larry Niven
It's very difficult for a black man to get out of South-Central Los Angeles, and get out civilized....The only men I know who have escaped, all began reading Robert Heinlein at age ten. Larry Niven
SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because the SF field is never going in any one direction at any one time, there is hardly a way to cut it off. Larry Niven
my fur is matted, my eyes refuse to refocus, my sthondat-begotten room is too small, my microwave heater heats all meat to the same temperature, and it is the wrong temperature, and I cannot get it fixed. Larry Niven
Larry Niven quote: "The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more..."
The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. Larry Niven
Larry Niven quote: "I don't have a strong interest in history."
I don't have a strong interest in history. Larry Niven
Larry Niven quote: "Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless."
Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless. Larry Niven
I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon. Larry Niven
Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag and seal it. Another. The packages piled up on the floor, each a book sealed in four plastic envelopes. Larry Niven
Larry Niven quote: "I do not believe they've run out of surprises."
I do not believe they've run out of surprises. Larry Niven
Larry Niven quote: "That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. ..."
That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers. Larry Niven
As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease. Larry Niven
We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid. Larry Niven
Larry Niven quote: "In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist..."
In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists. Larry Niven

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