Octavia Gone Quotes

“The most common cause of plans going wrong and operations collapsing can usually be traced to a communication breakdown. The secret to management success, in peace or war, is to explain strategy in clear terms, and to listen. Acquire those two skills, and fate will be kind.”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“TEMPLETON”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“The instrument that drives accomplishment is not the mind but the will. The mind recommends a course. But it is the will that puts us in the saddle or, for lack of it, leaves us lying in the dust. —MARLINA EVERETT, ALL IN OR FORGET IT, 8611 CE”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“The vast majority of scientific inquiries do not expect to confirm a concept or theory. The anticipated result, rather, is to eliminate various conjectures. —DELMAR HOUSMAN, GRADUATION ADDRESS, PARSET UNIVERSITY, 1419”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“It’s common to maintain that trying a repetitive tactic in the face of ongoing failure defines insanity, but sometimes it is all we have.”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“But the reality is that sometimes a good lie may be what we really need. Provided we can make it sound like truth.”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“Love is all that matters, All else is decoration.”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“The universe, he’d come to realize, evaded human understanding. And probably always would. Humans might know the rules, have a grip on physical law, and even make the math work, but the senses that had evolved on Earth would never grasp the realities.”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“Only the foolish and the uncaring make guarantees. Circumstances change, the world moves on, While wisdom, and sometimes decency, Require constant adjustments.”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone

“Celebrate whenever and whatever you can. Wed, bring forth a child, repair a broken door, cut the grass, and do not waste the opportunity to beat the drum with friends and throw a party. It is the essence of life and joy. —CHEN LO COBB, “CAREFUL WHERE YOU WALK,” FROM COLLECTIBLES, 614”
― Jack McDevitt, Octavia Gone