Charles Sheffield Quotes (1935-2002)

“As usual he looked tired, but that was normal. Geniuses worked harder than anyone else, not less hard.”

“I'll say only this: if we're going to throw the idea of the Big Bang overboard, we won't have much left of current astrophysics and cosmology”

“There was one good argument against cloning, and only one. It increased the total number of people, and to me that number already felt far too large.”

“Everyone was somebody’s cousin, or uncle, or bedmate, or best college friend. Sometimes he felt that the whole of Washington was glued together into one vast, incestuous, and inefficient snotball.”

“Never get involved in a venture with a man who inherited his money and didn't earn any himself. He'll assume he's smarter than you are, just because he's rich and you're not, and he'll expect you to bow down to his greatness because for all his life people have.”