Renegades Quotes

“even before Columbus Day I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to do with my life. After Columbus Day, I had no idea what I could do with my life.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“For sure I was not an expert, um, what do you call a plant expert? A plant-ologist? That's not right. Not a biologist, they study more than plants. Wait, I read it somewhere, uh, a botonist! That's it! I remember from listening to the audiobook of 'The Martian', that astronaut Mark Whatney guy was a botanist.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“Jeremy Smythe was exhausted and hungry, his soaked shirt was chafing his neck and he had tweaked an ankle stumbling on a hidden rock while fording a stream. He had not been so happy since he left the surface of Gingerbread.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“but I was not a prisoner. I know that because the security detail told me I was definitely not a prisoner. That was good, because before they told me, it sure felt like I was a prisoner.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“There was no point to me arguing about how I was being treated, because I agreed with the people who considered our last mission an overall disaster. Anything else would be like asking Abraham Lincoln’s wife if she enjoyed the play, except for that last part.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neal deGrasse Tyson.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“It’s more of a concept than a plan right now, Skippy.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“Lauren Poole certainly did not trust the beer can’s official count, because the AI was likely to have absent-mindedly lost track while he was counting, or just lost interest halfway through the count and decided that fudging the number was good enough for monkeys, or he knew the real count and decided to amuse himself by screwing with the STAR team.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“Of course, there is the usual cluster of looney-tunes who reject vaccines, although the same morons don’t have a problem with medical nanomachines swimming in their blood. Ah, hey, that’s how nature gets idiots out of the gene pool, right?”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“My friends wanted to take me shopping,” she said without enthusiasm. “Buying clothes seems so, frivolous. I was in a store, and my friends were trying on outfits, and I looked around at people buying clothes, and I thought, I have nothing in common with these people.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“Your religion is based on ‘Don’t be a dick’?” “Hey, that’s a good basis for a religion.” “I, I actually cannot argue with you about that.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“Oh for- I am the most powerful and intelligent being in this galaxy, and you plan to use me as a DOORSTOP?” He screeched in outrage.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades

“Come on, Joe, those are campaign promises. You monkeys know such promises are total bullshit, but you vote for the candidates anyway, which proves how deeply stupid you are as a species.”
― Craig Alanson, Renegades