Best Quotes by Alfred Bester (Top 10)
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Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.
Alfred Bester
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One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.
Alfred Bester
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Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.
Alfred Bester
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Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination
Alfred Bester
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There's got to be more to life than just living," Foyle said to the robot. Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts." Why can't we all move forward together?" Because you're all different. You're not lemmings. Some must lead, and hope that the rest will follow." Who leads?" The men who must...driven men, compelled men." Freak men." You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.
Alfred Bester
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If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
Alfred Bester
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This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.
Alfred Bester
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If a man's got talent and guts to buck society, he's obviously above average. You want to hold on to him. You straighten him out and turn him into a plus value. Why throw him away? Do that enough and all you've got left are the sheep.
Alfred Bester
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I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.
Alfred Bester
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Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.
Alfred Bester
More Alfred Bester Quotes
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This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.
Alfred Bester
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Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, And dissension have begun.
Alfred Bester
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no matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. Thereâs no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.
Alfred Bester
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The mind is the reality. You are what you think.
Alfred Bester
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We always do what's natural, only sometimes we shouldn't do it.
Alfred Bester
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The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.
Alfred Bester
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That's me," he said, motioning to the robot. "That's all of us. We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response...mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.
Alfred Bester