The Minotaur Quotes

“In America these days, freedom for those who are functionally disabled, incapable of keeping body and soul together, means the freedom to commit suicide with a bottle on a public sidewalk while the world walks around them.”
― Stephen Coonts, The Minotaur

“Humans are unique animals, he reflected. What other species has man’s ability to see the world as he wants it to be, rather than as it actually is? He couldn’t think of any. The worst of it is that this human trait deprives you of the ability to recognize reality when you see it.”
― Stephen Coonts, The Minotaur

“If you can’t dazzle them with logic or baffle them with bullshit, then scare the bejesus out of them.”
― Stephen Coonts, The Minotaur

“A fellow never gets very far marching in the dark, anyhow,” Jake said aloud. “Too much stuff out there to trip over.”
― Stephen Coonts, The Minotaur

“Superman lives in Metropolis and Batman lives in Gotham. The rest of us just try to get along.”
― Stephen Coonts, The Minotaur

“After all, without the benefit of budgets, bureaucrats, and MBA supervisors worried about short-term profitability, Thomas Edison had single-handedly electrified the world and along the way fathered the recording and motion-picture industry.”
― Stephen Coonts, The Minotaur