(R)evolution Quotes

“We are the sum total of all our experiences, our lessons, our successes, our failures, our loves, our hates, from birth to death. And if those memories disappear, what then? Who are we?”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“the brain isn’t a recorder to record reality. It tries to make sense of it, even if the input is completely random or, in some cases, doesn’t exist. Déjà vu, synchronicity, telepathy, clairvoyance, are all the brain’s attempt to make sense of chaos after the fact. You only think it happened before the fact because your brain needs to think so.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies, it is the only sacred thing. Anatole France.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“groundbreaking, out-of-the-box innovation rarely comes from a committee process or anxious overseers. It still usually comes from individuals like you who experience the ‘Eureka moment’ and have the ability to see it through.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“self-made men make aristocrats insecure.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“I’ve watched a real degeneration of high-level political candidates over the years. They get dumber, more plastic and vacant every decade.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“his goals felt as hollow as the Tin Man’s chest.”
― PJ Manney, (R)evolution

“Karma reflects the interconnectedness of everything. And it doesn’t apply to some next, reincarnated life, it applies to this one. Of course evildoers are eventually vanquished. Their denial of interconnectedness, thinking they can do what benefits them and hurts others, lays the groundwork for their destruction. Newton’s third law: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction—whether you’re a bloodthirsty dictator or a saint. No deed, good or bad, goes unpunished.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Dr. Who shook her head. “I think we’re livin’ in an age of misplaced religious feelin’. And that’s very dangerous. Instead of bein’ humbled by the unknowable God Almighty, there are a frightenin’ number ’a people who think they’re the Lord’s gun-totin’ sidekick. They claim they know what he wants done and how it wants doin’. What’s good for God is good for me and vice versa . . . as long as it’s still good for me in the long run, which must make it good for God. Imbeciles who don’t have two brain cells to rub together comin’ up with circular reasonin’ for crusades and inquisitions . . . get us all killed . . .” She typed on her keyboard, accessing Social Security’s databases. “Please tell me you’re not one of them ‘Jesus is my ass-kickin’-warrior’ types. Or I’ll whip your ass with this,” brandishing a cane, “as I kick it out my door.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Follistatin,”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“This interventional neuroradiology group was rescued from Venezuela’s medical care-for-oil deal, in which the Cuban government sold over twenty-two thousand Cuban doctors into medical slavery. Venezuela got cheap medical care for the poor, which generated votes, and the Castros could keep their country’s cars and generators going, on free Venezuelan oil. The”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“you can’t dance with the devil without learning the steps. And then you’re a devil yourself.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“I’m sorry. The gods have found you. And you’re my burnt offering.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Torture isn’t just about information. Anyone who says that is lying. It’s about retribution.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“You know, sometimes I think we’re all ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much.’ Information is equal parts power and curse.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“I hate that illusions we create about our lives are revealed by technology to be lies.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“In every well-governed state, wealth is a sacred thing; in democracies, it is the only sacred thing.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Even a paranoid has some real enemies,”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“the public didn’t want to believe bad stories about their leaders, because they couldn’t imagine doing the same heinous things themselves and didn’t like knowing they were suckers for buying a sociopath’s song and dance.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“back . . .” “Don’t bother. Assume they have my DNA. From my bed at camp, from a drinking glass. My house’ll be covered with it. Terry’s DNA can’t be sampled from me. Or they’ll match me.” Talia handed him an old-fashioned cell phone. No one had these single-function”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Everyone thinks they’re on God and history’s side.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“And as always, the best way to rob a bank is to own one.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Humans assumed that because they slept, the rest of life on earth slept. So much went on under their very noses that they had no idea about . . .”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“The future happens whether they like it or not. Life isn’t some creationist bedtime story—this is the way life’s always been and will always be. It’s Darwinian.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Funny . . . humanity’s great at the tiny patterns. We can find quarks in an atom and Jesus’s face in a tortilla. But that big picture is so elusive, so overwhelming, people refuse to believe something as obvious as their life in Des Moines affects lives in Delhi.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Our p-people have proved throughout history. Better paranoid than dead.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“The woman had a blown-tight face only a wind tunnel could love and the hands of a crypt keeper.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“she gave him her most special smile. The one she reserved for her boyfriend, but not her husband.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution

“Pop used to say that’s what made it a perfect song. Everyone thought it was about them.”
― P.J. Manney, (R)evolution