--- title: "29 Brendan I. Koerner Quotes - Famous Journalist (The Best American Science Writing 2003)" description: "Brendan Ian Koerner is an American author who has been a contributing editor and columnist for Wired magazine, The New York Times, Slate magazine, and o..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-brendan-i-koerner-21170.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-brendan-i-koerner-21170.jpg) # Brendan I. Koerner (1974) Journalist **29** quotes in **523** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Brendan I. Koerner is a journalist, best known for *The Best American Science Writing 2003*. ## Quick Facts About Brendan I. Koerner Born September 21, 1974 Profession Journalist Notable works The Best American Science Writing 2003 ## About Brendan I. Koerner Brendan Ian Koerner is an American author who has been a contributing editor and columnist for Wired magazine, The New York Times, Slate magazine, and others. His books include Now the Hell Will Start (2008) and The Skies Belong to Us (2013). ## Quotes by Brendan I. Koerner > [In 1887, Oregon became the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday, with Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/in-1887-oregon-became-the-first-state-to-make-labor-day-an-official/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Became](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/became/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/brendan-i-koerner-21170_became_in-1887-oregon-became-the-first-state-to_23340.jpg) > [Monorails have their own fan club, which claims more than 2,500 members who swap monorail toys and trinkets. Modern light rail can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/monorails-have-their-own-fan-club-which-claims-more-than-2-500/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Base](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/base/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/brendan-i-koerner-21170_base_monorails-have-their-own-fan-club-which_2974935.jpg) > [Particularly during the late 1960s, a large number of American skyjackers earnestly believed that Fidel Castro's Cuba was an egalitarian, post-racial utopia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/particularly-during-the-late-1960s-a-large-number-of-american/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/brendan-i-koerner-21170_american_particularly-during-the-late-1960s-a-lar_883968.jpg) > [Though President Grover Cleveland declared Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, the occasion was first observed on Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/though-president-grover-cleveland-declared-labor-day-a-national/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/city/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/brendan-i-koerner-21170_city_though-president-grover-cleveland-declar_3094380.jpg) > [According to tarot historian Gertrude Moakley, the cards' fanciful images - from the Fool to Death - were inspired by the costumed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/according-to-tarot-historian-gertrude-moakley-the-cards-fanciful/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [According](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/according/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/brendan-i-koerner-21170_according_according-to-tarot-historian-gertrude-mo_2574811.jpg) > [The most spectacular anti-lava effort in history occurred on the Icelandic island of Heimaey in 1973.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/the-most-spectacular-anti-lava-effort-in-history-occurred-on-the/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Effort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/effort/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/brendan-i-koerner-21170_effort_the-most-spectacular-anti-lava-effort-in_2707102.jpg) > [The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/the-goal-of-mass-transit-is-to-convince-people-to-abandon-their-cars/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Abandon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abandon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/brendan-i-koerner-21170_abandon_the-goal-of-mass-transit-is-to-convince_1081023.jpg) > [I was vaguely aware that people used to hijack planes to Cuba. But I didn't know much about how often it happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/i-was-vaguely-aware-that-people-used-to-hijack-planes-to-cuba-but-i/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/brendan-i-koerner-21170_about_i-was-vaguely-aware-that-people-used-to_453112.jpg) > [The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/the-first-outbreak-of-america-s-11-year-skyjacking-epidemic-occurred/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/brendan-i-koerner-21170_america_the-first-outbreak-of-america-s-11-year_1540582.jpg) > [A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/a-duped-newspaper-or-magazine-could-contend-that-a-fiction-spouting/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Case](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/case/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/brendan-i-koerner-21170_case_a-duped-newspaper-or-magazine-could-cont_681200.jpg) > [Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/monorail-tracks-are-prefabricated-and-can-be-erected-relatively/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Above](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/above/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/brendan-i-koerner-21170_above_monorail-tracks-are-prefabricated-and-ca_3148413.jpg) > [Skyjackers had a pretty abysmal success rate - once you commandeered a plane in American airspace, your odds of a happy ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/skyjackers-had-a-pretty-abysmal-success-rate-once-you-commandeered-a/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/brendan-i-koerner-21170_about_skyjackers-had-a-pretty-abysmal-success_2969789.jpg) > [Sea-Monkeys are hybrid brine shrimp and the brainchild of the mail-order entrepreneur Harold von Braunhut in 1957. When their crystallized eggs are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/sea-monkeys-are-hybrid-brine-shrimp-and-the-brainchild-of-the-mail/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/brendan-i-koerner-21170_business_sea-monkeys-are-hybrid-brine-shrimp-and_2785354.jpg) > [Mystical groups such as the Theosophical Society and the Rosicrucians turned tarot into an American fad during the early 1900s. Many American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/mystical-groups-such-as-the-theosophical-society-and-the-rosicrucians/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/brendan-i-koerner-21170_american_mystical-groups-such-as-the-theosophical_1050145.jpg) > [In the early years of America's skyjacking epidemic, the airlines were reluctant to let the FBI attempt to end hijackings by force;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/in-the-early-years-of-america-s-skyjacking-epidemic-the-airlines-were/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Airlines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airlines/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/brendan-i-koerner-21170_airlines_in-the-early-years-of-america-s-skyjacki_2612602.jpg) > [Inventing sources is not a crime in and of itself, although it certainly violates every code of journalistic ethics known to man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/inventing-sources-is-not-a-crime-in-and-of-itself-although-it/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Although](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/although/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/brendan-i-koerner-21170_although_inventing-sources-is-not-a-crime-in-and_2134199.jpg) > [Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/back-in-the-nba-s-pre-mask-era-ballers-with-busted-noses-or-orbital/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/brendan-i-koerner-21170_back_back-in-the-nba-s-pre-mask-era-ballers-w_2271579.jpg) > [You don't have to be Wilt Chamberlain to get into the Basketball Hall of Fame. If you don't have a sweet turnaround…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/you-don-t-have-to-be-wilt-chamberlain-to-get-into-the-basketball-hall/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Basketball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/basketball/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/brendan-i-koerner-21170_basketball_you-don-t-have-to-be-wilt-chamberlain-to_2459953.jpg) > [According to Ted Watt's 'The First Labor Day Parade,' the September date was chosen because it coincided with a Knights of Labor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/according-to-ted-watt-s-the-first-labor-day-parade-the-september-date/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [According](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/according/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/brendan-i-koerner-21170_according_according-to-ted-watt-s-the-first-labor_2202029.jpg) > [A small-time hoodlum who had spent most of the 1960s at San Quentin State Prison in California, the 30-year-old Bryant claimed that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/a-small-time-hoodlum-who-had-spent-most-of-the-1960s-at-san-quentin/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Against](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/against/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ac/brendan-i-koerner-21170_against_a-small-time-hoodlum-who-had-spent-most_1596790.jpg) > [Tarot cards likely originated in northern Italy during the late 14th or early 15th century. The oldest surviving set, known as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/tarot-cards-likely-originated-in-northern-italy-during-the-late-14th/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Among](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/among/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/brendan-i-koerner-21170_among_tarot-cards-likely-originated-in-norther_2323982.jpg) > [Most of the American skyjackers who fled abroad eventually elected to return to the United States, having tired of life on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/most-of-the-american-skyjackers-who-fled-abroad-eventually-elected-to/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Abroad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abroad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/brendan-i-koerner-21170_abroad_most-of-the-american-skyjackers-who-fled_1589874.jpg) > [A surprising number of American skyjackers were not yet old enough to drink or sometimes even drive. These adolescents were generally inept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/a-surprising-number-of-american-skyjackers-were-not-yet-old-enough-to/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Adolescent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adolescent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/brendan-i-koerner-21170_adolescent_a-surprising-number-of-american-skyjacke_2019245.jpg) > [Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/like-many-of-his-fellow-skyjackers-49-year-old-arthur-gates-barkley/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Accused](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accused/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/brendan-i-koerner-21170_accused_like-many-of-his-fellow-skyjackers-49-ye_2458024.jpg) > [Barkley was the first of many American skyjackers whose primary interest was money; by 1972, the majority of the nation's hijackings would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/barkley-was-the-first-of-many-american-skyjackers-whose-primary/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/brendan-i-koerner-21170_american_barkley-was-the-first-of-many-american-s_844807.jpg) > [The dearth of business activity on the traditional day of rest makes Sunday an ideal time to declare insolvency. Bankruptcy petitions are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/the-dearth-of-business-activity-on-the-traditional-day-of-rest-makes/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Activity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/brendan-i-koerner-21170_activity_the-dearth-of-business-activity-on-the-t_2356514.jpg) > [Light rails are too bus-like to impress most commuters, too squished and close to the ground. Monorails, by contrast, strike a chord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/light-rails-are-too-bus-like-to-impress-most-commuters-too-squished/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/brendan-i-koerner-21170_about_light-rails-are-too-bus-like-to-impress_280774.jpg) > [Spike optioned my first book, 'Now the Hell Will Start,' and he trusted me to write the screenplay, too. That was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/spike-optioned-my-first-book-now-the-hell-will-start-and-he-trusted/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd4/brendan-i-koerner-21170_about_spike-optioned-my-first-book-now-the-hel_2009580.jpg) > [The hazards posed by Near-Earth Asteroids are assessed by Sentry, a computer system developed by the Near-Earth Objects Group at NASA's Jet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brendan-i-koerner/the-hazards-posed-by-near-earth-asteroids-are-assessed-by-sentry-a/) [Brendan I. Koerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/) [Asteroids](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asteroids/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/brendan-i-koerner-21170_calculate_the-hazards-posed-by-near-earth-asteroid_1850393.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brendan-i-koerner/#itemlist", "name": "Brendan I. 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