“He said it would come down at exactly twenty-three minutes after midnight, and it did. A day is twenty-four hours. Twenty-three minutes after midnight is 24:23.” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“Throughout history, the men competing to shape the future had collected lost sheep to use as pawns in their game, cannon fodder in their… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. It was the third of Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws of prediction.” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“And truthfully, when microbiologists talk amongst ourselves, off the record after a few glasses of wine, the optimists admit their optimism is more wishful… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“many people, not just Americans, make the mistake of taking it neat. He explained how Scotch is made, saying, ‘Fer heaven’s sake, we add… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“there’s three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the truth. I can only give you mine.” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“productivity meetings were just about the least productive thing ever devised by middle management, and that was saying plenty. Those corporate frat boys were… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“how he hated the word “homeland”; it sounded just one step shy of “fatherland”—” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“that’s what religion is. A philosophy of coping. It may bring comfort to the dispossessed, but comfort isn’t good for the dispossessed. The dispossessed… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“But you better know now, it’s the way of life. Everything you love goes away in the end.” — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
“All that human energy, wasted, in response to the simple fact that we know we are going to die, and we don't know what… — Sean Chercover Copy Share Image
