A Science Fiction Omnibus Quotes

“There’s a joke that I once heard a comedienne tell. It goes like this: ‘I’m not sure if I’m ready to have children. I asked a friend of mine who has children, “Suppose I do have kids. What if when they grow up, they blame me for everything that’s wrong with their lives?” She laughed and said, “What do you mean, if?”
― Brian W. Aldiss, A Science Fiction Omnibus

“It’d be kind of silly if we killed ourselves off after all this time. If we do, we’re stupider than the cave people and I don’t think we are. I think we’re just exactly as stupid and that’s pretty bright in the long run.”
― Brian W. Aldiss, A Science Fiction Omnibus