Whom the Gods Would Destroy Quotes

“Without wonder, there’s no progress. Nothing gets done, nobody goes anywhere. If you don’t exercise your capacity for wonder…well, use it or lose it. A civilization without wonder is a civilization that’s starting to atrophy and die.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“Nothing can play havoc with your sense of scale better than looking deeply into the night skies. It can leave you feeling immense and privileged one minute, minuscule and insignificant the next.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“Some dreams never leave you, because they’re more than just dreams. They’re truth, distilled to purest potency.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“Sometimes we sleep because we want to, sometimes because we need it, and sometimes we sleep in self-defense.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“uncharacteristic sorrow he showed one evening as he contemplated the stars and confessed, “I really thought we’d be out there by now. I really did. But we’ve become a complacent species without will.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“Sometimes it seems as if the best technology is still only catching up to what nature has already figured out.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“So, not at first, but I eventually realized I was seeing this level of reality that’s going on right over our heads and most people have no idea it’s even there. I realized I was seeing the night sky as our ancestors did, and that by losing it, we’d lost our everyday touch with our place in the cosmos.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“Without wonder, there's no progress. Nothing gets done, nobody goes anywhere. If you don't exercise your capacity for wonder... well, use it or lose it. A civilization without wonder is a civilization that's starting to atrophy and die.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy

“They were just…looking for something to believe in. They weren’t much into thinking for themselves. So I did their thinking for them.”
― Brian Hodge, Whom the Gods Would Destroy