--- title: "1 Views Necessarily Quotes By Jack McDevitt" description: "1 Views Necessarily quotes by Jack McDevitt. Plus more from Jack McDevitt and more Views Necessarily sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jack-mcdevitt-8429_conviction_it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the_2055173.jpg" --- > [It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the-problem-it-is-conviction-the/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jack-mcdevitt-8429_conviction_it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the_2055173.jpg) ## More by Jack McDevitt > [The queen of virtues is the recognition of one's own flaws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-queen-of-virtues-is-the-recognition-of-one-s-own-flaws/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/tides-are-like-politics-they-come-and-go-with-a-great-deal-of-fuss/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/talking-with-most-people-usually-involves-a-search-for-truth-talking/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-real-problem-has-to-do-with-the-inability-by-people-to-admit-that/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/lies-hold-civilization-together-if-people-ever-seriously-begin/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/science-fiction-writers-missed-the-most-salient-feature-of-our-modern/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [ “...those whose tastes run to personal power \[can\] never be trusted to act save in the pursuit of their own ambition.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/those-whose-tastes-run-to-personal-power-can-never-be-trusted-to-act/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/solitude-is-only-a-good-idea-if-you-have-the-right-people-along-to/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/universal-deities-never-seem-to-smile-not-in-any-culture-what-s-the/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/technological-civilizations-don-t-last-long-you-re-all-right-until/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/my-father-used-to-take-me-to-the-movies-on-saturdays-in-1940-when-i/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/of-course-they-i-e-demons-had-always-been-observed-with-some/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/if-you-want-creative-and-successful-children-resign-yourself-to/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/there-is-no-justice-there-are-occasional-acts-of-vengeance-or-regret/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) > [I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I passed. Had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/i-was-once-invited-to-attend-a-private-dinner-for-senator-john-f/) [Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/views-necessarily/jack-mcdevitt/#itemlist", "name": "1 Views Necessarily Quotes By Jack McDevitt", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack McDevitt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the-problem-it-is-conviction-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jack-mcdevitt-8429_conviction_it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the_2055173.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jack-mcdevitt-8429_conviction_it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the_2055173.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jack-mcdevitt-8429_conviction_it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the_2055173.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that…” — Jack McDevitt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/views-necessarily/jack-mcdevitt/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/views-necessarily/jack-mcdevitt/", "name": "Views Necessarily Quotes by Jack McDevitt", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/views-necessarily/jack-mcdevitt/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c26/jack-mcdevitt-8429_conviction_it-is-not-faith-per-se-that-creates-the_2055173.jpg" }, "description": "1 Views Necessarily quotes by Jack McDevitt. 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