Admire Quote by Vernor Vinge

I have come to kill you."The death's heads shrugged. "You have come to try.

— Vernor Vinge

“From this era on, I think invention will be the parent of necessity – and not the other way around.’ That was easy for…

— Vernor Vinge

How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.

— Vernor Vinge

All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge…And now revenge was all that…

— Vernor Vinge

Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as…

— Vernor Vinge

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

— Vernor Vinge

“Tycoon had a peddler's talent for using words to redefine reality.”

— Vernor Vinge

It is a point where our old models must be discarded and a new reality rules.

— Vernor Vinge

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.

— Vernor Vinge

“I’m a librarian, not a leader.” “You’re both! Librarians and archeologists have always been the ones to bring civilization back.”

— Vernor Vinge

“While We are out of Touch or How to Survive and Prosper during the Next Thirty Minutes by Your Friend, the Mysterious Stranger”

— Vernor Vinge

If there be only hours, at least learn what there is time to learn.

— Vernor Vinge