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# Jack McDevitt

(1935)   Writer   United States

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Jack McDevitt is a writer from the United States, best known for *Inseln im Netz*.

## Quick Facts About Jack McDevitt

Born April 14, 1935

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works Inseln im Netz

## About Jack McDevitt

Jack McDevitt is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology. Most of his books concern either galactic relic hunters Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath or superluminal space pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins. McDevitt has received numerous nominations for Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell awards. Seeker won the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel.

## Awards & Honors

Nebula Award for Best Novel John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Locus Award for Best First Novel

##  Quotes by Jack McDevitt · Page 2

> [But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don't have to wait for anybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/but-come-to-think-of-it-there-was-no-need-to-wait-time-travelers-don/)

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> [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/)

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> [If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/if-you-re-paying-attention-to-your-wardrobe-rudy-believed-your-mind/)

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> [... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-truth-is-that-when-your-people-don-t-tell-you-what-you-need-to/)

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> [Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/boundaries-have-no-existence-save-on-charts-or-in-small-minds-nature/)

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> [There is no justice. There are occasional acts of vengeance, or regret, but there's no real justice. In the natural scheme of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/there-is-no-justice-there-are-occasional-acts-of-vengeance-or-regret/)

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> [The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-measure-of-a-civilization-is-in-the-courage-not-of-its-soldiers/)

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> [The Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-peacekeepers-had-a-tradition-that-every-problem-had-a-solution-it/)

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> [Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while morons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/idiots-are-not-responsible-for-what-they-do-the-real-guilt-falls-on/)

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> [Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/man-has-always-seen-himself-the-peak-of-creation-the-part-of-the/)

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> [Of course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/of-course-they-i-e-demons-had-always-been-observed-with-some/)

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> [The term congressional hearing is an oxymoron. No congressional hearing is ever called to gather information. Rather, it is an exercise designed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-term-congressional-hearing-is-an-oxymoron-no-congressional/)

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> [People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/people-tend-to-believe-that-good-fortune-consists-of-equal-parts/)

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> [“The home world exercises its siren call over us all. No matter how far we wander, or how long we are gone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-home-world-exercises-its-siren-call-over-us-all-no-matter-how-far/)

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> [Thanks to the comic book publishers. Batman and Captain Marvel were responsible for my learning to read at least a year before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/thanks-to-the-comic-book-publishers-batman-and-captain-marvel-were/)

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> [See what the world looks like from orbit. Well, in that way, at least, there was profit to be had. Nobody could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/see-what-the-world-looks-like-from-orbit-well-in-that-way-at-least/)

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> [When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/when-i-was-teaching-english-and-trying-to-get-kids-passionate-about/)

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> [If you're right, and nobody really cares what's out there, I wonder whether we're even worth saving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/if-you-re-right-and-nobody-really-cares-what-s-out-there-i-wonder/)

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> [“We range the day And mount the sun. We soar past the rim of the world, And know not caution nor fear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/we-range-the-day-and-mount-the-sun-we-soar-past-the-rim-of-the-world/)

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> [One could not always put safety up front as the prime goal. Do that, and who would ever achieve anything of note?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/one-could-not-always-put-safety-up-front-as-the-prime-goal-do-that/)

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> [Truth, beaten down, may well rise again. But there's a reason it gets beaten down. Usually we don't like it very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/truth-beaten-down-may-well-rise-again-but-there-s-a-reason-it-gets/)

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> [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/)

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> [Faith is conviction without evidence, and sometimes even in the face of contrary evidence. In some quarters, this quality is perceived as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/faith-is-conviction-without-evidence-and-sometimes-even-in-the-face/)

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> [One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/one-sf-prediction-that-i-would-like-very-much-to-see-get-solar/)

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> [What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/what-would-happen-is-that-people-like-geroge-and-alyx-would-grow-old/)

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> [I was once invited to attend a private dinner for Senator John F. Kennedy. But it was a Saturday evening, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/i-was-once-invited-to-attend-a-private-dinner-for-senator-john-f/)

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> [“She wondered whether the world's problems might be solved by access to the stars. Or simply exported.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/she-wondered-whether-the-world-s-problems-might-be-solved-by-access/)

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> [“And, in a way, we're all time travelers. Somehow, the entire temporal stream exists, but we're only conscious of a single moment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/and-in-a-way-we-re-all-time-travelers-somehow-the-entire-temporal/)

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> [So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/so-we-have-progressed-to-the-point-where-we-can-move-politicians/)

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> [All of the important things ... will turn out to be universally shared. It's why there will be no true aliens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/all-of-the-important-things-will-turn-out-to-be-universally-shared-it/)

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> [The cultures we can look at had already grasped the essential unity of nature. No board of gods can survive that knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-cultures-we-can-look-at-had-already-grasped-the-essential-unity/)

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> [So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/so-long-as-you-believe-in-some-truth-you-do-not-believe-in-yourself/)

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> [My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/my-father-used-to-take-me-to-the-movies-on-saturdays-in-1940-when-i/)

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> [Certain types of decisions can be safely ignored. Some issues will go away with the passage of time, others will be so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/certain-types-of-decisions-can-be-safely-ignored-some-issues-will-go/)

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> [There's not much to be said for sightseeing. You go somewhere that has a waterfall. You have a beer, watch the water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/there-s-not-much-to-be-said-for-sightseeing-you-go-somewhere-that-has/)

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> [Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/tides-are-like-politics-they-come-and-go-with-a-great-deal-of-fuss/)

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> [The real problem has to do with the inability by people to admit that a position they've held a long time might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/the-real-problem-has-to-do-with-the-inability-by-people-to-admit-that/)

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> [Throughout our long and sorry history it has been men who supposed themselves to be exemplars of integrity who have done all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/throughout-our-long-and-sorry-history-it-has-been-men-who-supposed/)

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[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/somewhere-we-taught-ourselves-that-our-opinions-are-more-significant/)

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> [Faith has its price. When misfortune strikes the true believer, he assumes he has done something to deserve punishment, but isn't quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/faith-has-its-price-when-misfortune-strikes-the-true-believer-he/)

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