All Alfred Bester Quotes
- The mind is the reality. You are what you think. Inspirational
- This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune… Admitted
- One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality. Aphrodisiac
- You pigs, you. You rut like pigs, is all. You got the most in you, and you use the least. You hear me, you? Got… All
- The damnable frustration of revenge. Revenge is for dreams...never for reality. Damnable
- Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts. Ask
- Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy. Cent
- It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of… Almost Exclusively
- The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more… Accepted
- The test of intellect is the refusal to belabor the obvious. Belabor
- Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory. Freak
- 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 colorful… Colorful
- I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential. Believer
- Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense. Fiction
- It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real… All
- Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy… Answered
- Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses...… Frightening
- 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 out… All
- Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension,… Apprehension
- 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 world… All
- I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying. Death
- Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination Deep
- This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it. Age
- If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy. Fifteen
- The whole point of extravagance is to act like a fool and feel like a fool, but enjoy it. Act