Concepts Quote by Poul Anderson

Heaven is not as narrowly literal-minded as hell.

— Poul Anderson

“I’ve yet to see any problem, however complicated, which when you looked at it the right way didn’t become still more complicated.”

— Poul Anderson

Happier are all men than the dwellers in Faerie – or the gods, for that matter…Better a life like a falling star, bright across…

— Poul Anderson

He had seen too much of the cosmos to have any great faith in man's ability to understand it.

— Poul Anderson

“Happier are all men than the beings of faerie – or the gods, for that matter,’ he said. ‘Better a life like a falling…

— Poul Anderson

Colonization means potential immortality for the human genus. Man's safety on Earth was never great, and it dwindles hourly. Disarmament, even world government, will…

— Poul Anderson

“And if you were not trained, the lesser members of the galaxy that had become visible were so many as to drown the familiar…

— Poul Anderson

If we knew exactly what to expect throughout the Solar System, we would have no reason to explore it.

— Poul Anderson

“Survivor—under what conditions?” “Any conditions. Adaptability, toughness, quickness—those are the things that count most.” “I think kindness means a lot,” said Sheila timidly. “It’s…

— Poul Anderson

A fanatic's willingness to kill or be killed in the service of a cause cannot prove the rightness of that cause.

— Poul Anderson

“You simply do not understand the human condition,” said the robot. Hah! Do you think you do, you conceited hunk of animated tin?” Yes,…

— Poul Anderson

So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in…

— Poul Anderson