"The best time to act on this was……" — David Brin

"The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now."

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54 Quotes by David Brin

David Brin has 54 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually…
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been…
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they…
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be…
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the…
Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.
In the end, the work of diplomats continues even while others fight. So, it's not necessarily true that everyone needs…
Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.
The three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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