Larry Niven

“That's the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.”

“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!”

“Ethics change with technology.”

“It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.”

“Think of it as evolution in action.”

“The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.”

“A civilization has to be fun. It's no fun to be a good citizen. It's no fun to be a good soldier. Being fun is a sign of a civilization's health.”

“The purpose of a military is to kill people and break things.”

“Freedom is not a gift. It is a conquest.”

“Fuzzy Pink Niven's Law: Never waste calories.”

“An unarmed man is a subject, not a citizen.”

“Superstition is the delusion that there is a solution.”

“Intelligence is the art of good guesswork.”

“Madness is a matter of degree.”

“Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.”

“Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.”

“There is no cause so right that one cannot find a fool following it.”