“the whole purpose of civilization is to take the surprises out of life, so one can be bored to death” — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
I've never noticed that being nonsensical keeps things from happening. Don't you ever read about politics? — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
“We do not like the idea that any other creature can be better than we are. It is highly probable that if we ever… — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
He had a stellar talent. I not only lost a contemporary in the death of Robert E. Howard. The world lost a writer of… — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
It was a symptom of the insanity of human beings in a cosmos obviously designed for them to live in, but which they industriously… — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
“Then everything was normal again, except that the liner was speeding for the planet Krim at something more than thirty times the speed of… — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
No man can be fully efficient if he expects praise or appreciation for what he does. — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
There is never a rational reason for a man to rejoice that a certain pretty girl exists and that he has found her. The… — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
“Hoddan began suddenly to see real possibilities. This was not a direct move toward the realization of his personal ambitions. But on the other… — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
“Nothing," snapped Howell, "that a man can imagine is impossible!” — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
Children and barbarians have clear ideas of justice due to them, but no idea at all of justice due from them. — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
The most difficult of enterprises is to secure the cooperation of others in enterprises those others did not think of first. — Murray Leinster Copy Share Image
