Attention Quote by Jack McDevitt

“If you're paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn't sufficiently occupied.”

Jack McDevitt

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The queen of virtues is the recognition of one's own flaws.

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Talking with most people usually involves a search for truth. Talking with congressmen is strictly special effects.

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Lies hold civilization together. If people ever seriously begin telling each other what they really think, there'd be no peace. Good-bye to tact. Good-bye…

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Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.

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“...those whose tastes run to personal power [can] never be trusted to act save in the pursuit of their own ambition.”

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Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

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Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

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Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

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