The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge Quotes

“It is amazing the things people will believe if you catch them early enough.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“I am a genius," I said.
"I know. That's why I married you. Physically you are very unattractive.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“Angelina who saw the galaxy as a jungle, as survival a matter of eating or being eaten. And the doctor, a humanitarian who had been raised in a matriarchy, stable and unchanging, peaceful and at peace. They were both right. An interesting animal is man.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“Cold-blooded killing is just not my thing. I've killed in self-defense, I'll not deny that, but I still maintain an exaggerated respect for life in all forms. Now that we know that the only thing on the other side of the sky is more sky, the idea of an afterlife has finally been slid into the history books alongside the rest of the quaint and forgotten religions. With heaven and hell gone we are faced with the necessity of making a heaven or hell right here. What with societies and metatechnology and allied disciplines we have come a long way, and life on the civilized worlds is better than it ever was during the black days of superstition. But with the improving of here and now comes the stark realization that here and now is all we have. Each of us has only this one brief experience with the bright light of consciousness in that endless dark night of eternity and must make the most of it. Doing this means we must respect the existence of everyone else and the most criminal act imaginable is the terminating of one of these conscious existences.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“I said good-by to the robot, my only friend on this inhospitable planet. He answered nothing in return which did not hurt me. I left.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“The subconscious is a fine place to hide things unknown to the conscious mind.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“Ah-choo," I said, with what I hoped was appropriate realism, and reached for my handkerchief. Pacov was suspicious. Pacov was always suspicious.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“There is a limit to the number of people who can be assigned to this kind of work because a geometric progression soon takes place with watchers watching watchers until no one is doing anything else.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“Is this religious symbol," another asked, holding the photograph in his fingertips at arm's length.
"It is a picture of my wife."
"Only religious symbols permitted."
"She is like an angel to me."
They puzzled over this one lot awhile, then reluctantly admitted the picture. Not that I would be able to have anything as deadly as the original. It was whisked away and a photographic copy returned. Angelina seemed to be scowling in this print or perhaps that was only my imagination.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“That dirty old goat is trying to get me killed. The assignment is so top secret I can't tell a soul about it, particularly you, so here are all the papers, read them for yourself.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“I'm sure that you will see that I have the best funeral the Corps can afford. Now, would you care to squeeze out a few details or would you prefer to blindfold me and shoot me out in a one-way cargo rocket?”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge

“Morning sickness and bank robbery doesn't mix well.”
― Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge