Atoms Quote by Bruce Sterling

They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there…

— Bruce Sterling

“You give a guy a license to steal, you've got to expect him to use it.”

— Bruce Sterling

“America hadn't really been suited for its long and tiresome role as the Last Superpower, the World's Policeman. As a patriotic American, Oscar was…

— Bruce Sterling

“But the economy's out of control. Money just doesn't need human beings anymore. Most of us only get in the way.”

— Bruce Sterling

It's going to be really interesting to see what the heroin market does in the next two years or so. One thing you can…

— Bruce Sterling

Information wants you to give me a dollar.

— Bruce Sterling

Architects thrive after massive urban disasters. The abject collapse of East Berlin gave us the only city in Europe with a mighty host of…

— Bruce Sterling

Information wants to be free. Believe it.

— Bruce Sterling

The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them.

— Bruce Sterling

I was once a student in a punk T-Shirt hooked on screwed-up scenarios. That's how I became the esteemed cultural figure that I am…

— Bruce Sterling

“If America suffers from drugs, perhaps you should ask what America is lacking, [“What an asshole,”] Eric King commented suddenly. They ignored him.”

— Bruce Sterling

“Forget trying to pass for normal. Follow your geekdom. Embrace nerditude. In the immortal words of Lafcadio Hearn, a geek of incredible obscurity whose…

— Bruce Sterling