Odyssey Quotes

“we humans, Prometheus’s creations, controlled fire, Zeus feared we wouldn’t need gods to worship and obey; we could abolish our own creators. Zeus was right. We did. And we are Zeus now. We fear the entities we have created. If a Prometheus amongst us were to give AI consciousness, the divine spark, then humanity could become a mythic memory, an origin story for the machines to tell themselves, while we crumble into broken statuary alongside Zeus and his pantheon before us.”
― Stephen Fry, Odyssey

“Another day, another island.”
― Stephen Fry, Odyssey

“Different paths spring from different choices for all.”
― Stephen Fry, Odyssey

“Sounds like quite a man, this master of yours. Who is he?” “Quite a man? Yes, he’s quite a man. No … you know what? He’s not a man, Odysseus, he’s men. A son, a father, a husband. Well, that’s not unusual, of course. He’s a king. Wise and fair. Judges and rules with solemn justice. But he’s a builder too. Planned and put together his palace almost single-handed. He’s a sailor. I’ve seen him pull on two sail ropes, one with each foot, steering with his elbow on the tiller, and using his hands to whittle a musical pipe. He can tend the flocks and herds as well as I or any countryman. He’s a warrior. Hand to hand, he wrestles like Theseus. Can throw a man three times his weight. The best bowman you ever saw. Shoots like Apollo. Never saw a swordsman his equal either. He can throw a spear farther than anyone. Speaks the tongues of distant lands as if he were born there. And the wit of him, the cunning … ah …” Eumaeus tapped the side of his head. “In there, he has a mind the equal of Hermes for mischief, and of Athena for wisdom. I don’t know where his ideas come from. He can …”
― Stephen Fry, Odyssey

“Während es schwer ist, Fakten zu glauben oder zu verstehen, ist Fiktion in hohem Maße glaubwürdig”
― Stephen Fry, Odyssey

“There is scant nutrition to be had from an if.”
― Stephen Fry, Odyssey

“Self-recrimination makes for a dark atmosphere.”
― Stephen Fry, Odyssey