1956 Quote by Alfred Bester

I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

— Alfred Bester

“There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot. "Then find it yourself, sir. Don't ask the world…

— Alfred Bester

I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

— Alfred Bester

“The acid of fury ran through him, eating away the brute patience and sluggishness that had made a cipher of Gully Foyle, precipitating a…

— Alfred Bester

The mind is the reality. You are what you think.

— Alfred Bester

I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce…

— Alfred Bester

“no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. There's no defense against betrayal, and we…

— Alfred Bester

Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the…

— Alfred Bester

Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

— Alfred Bester

If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him…

— Alfred Bester

One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

— Alfred Bester

There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot. Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the…

— Alfred Bester