The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
When things go wrong, the standard management strategy is to decide who takes the blame. This should be an underling, as far… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
The term congressional hearing is an oxymoron. No congressional hearing is ever called to gather information. Rather, it is an exercise designed… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while morons… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Life is a walk in the fog. Most people don't know that. They're fooled by the sunlight into thinking they can see… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
So long as men and women are free, no one is safe. People will be in danger because others can't operate vehicles… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
People who wear their religion on their sleeves talk a lot about going to Sunday school, reading the Bible, and doing good… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might be wrong.… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to tact. Good-bye… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
“...those whose tastes run to personal power [can] never be trusted to act save in the pursuit of their own ambition.” — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it? — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
Technological civilizations don't last long. You're all right until you get a printing press. Then a race starts between technology and common sense. And… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels. — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of things, it… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share
