Fallen Angels Quotes

“The Dean insists that we add creationism and crystal theory and spiritualism to the curriculum." ...
"We told the Dean that there was no objective evidence for any of that crap. You know what he said?" ...
"No. What?"
"He said that the alleged objectivity of materialist science was an invention of heterosexual, white males, so we shouldn't use that as a basis for judgement.”
― Larry Niven; Jerry Pournelle; Mike Flynn, Fallen Angels

“Wanted fan for plain sedition, like the singing of this tune. If NASA hadn't failed us we'd have cities on the moon. If it weren't for fucking NASA we'd at least have walked on Mars. If I never can make orbit, then I'll never reach the stars.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“A well-read, educated public is more difficult to lead around by the nose ring.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“Another exhibit was entitled “Origins of the Earth.” There were seven panels, one for each day. One large poster read “The Speed of Light: A Test of Faith?” and explained how light created “already on the way” could give the impression of a universe much larger and older than it really was.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“We have a Supreme Court justice now who consults the stars instead of the Constitution.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“Alcaligenes eutrophus”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“Uranium hexafloride”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“Like Halley's Comet, no matter how shaken up he was at each encounter, he kept coming back.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“Snew is SNU, Solar Neutrino Units. One snew is one neutrino event per 1036 atoms per second.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“There'll be a neutrino scavenger hunt tonight after the program,”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“I thought most Downers hated technology.” Thor laughed. “They hate it all right. Computers, too. But they still use them.” “For themselves,” Steve said. “They don't like others having them.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“MacLeod's First Rule of Wilderness Survival: Don't piss off your rescuers.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“He figured that if a bodily part hurt, he still had it.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“The government might declare you mentally ill, and help you.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“Science fiction involved science; and science was a conspiracy to pollute the environment, “to bring back technology.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels

“There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.”
― Larry Niven, Fallen Angels