Alfred Bester Quotes

• One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

  Alfred Bester

  Space, Quality, Aphrodisiac

  Alfred Bester (1997). “Virtual unrealities: the short fiction of 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

  Grateful, Passion, Men

  Alfred Bester (1978). “Demolished Man”, Pocket

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• The mind is the reality. You are what you think.

  Alfred Bester

  Reality, Thinking, Mind

  Alfred Bester (1996). “The Demolished Man”, Vintage

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• Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.

  Alfred Bester

  Moving, Doubt, World

  "The Stars My Destination". Book by Alfred Bester (Chapter 16), 1957.

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• Gully Foyle es mi nombre Y Terra es mi nación El espacio profundo es mi morada Las estrellas mi destino

  Alfred Bester

  Stars, Dwelling Place, Names

  "The Stars My Destination". Book by Alfred Bester, www.theguardian.com. 1956.

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• "La vida tiene que ser algo más que vivir", le dijo Foyle al robot. "Pues encuéntrelo usted mismo, señor. No le pida al mundo que deje de moverse porque usted tiene dudas". "¿Por qué no podemos avanzar todos juntos?" "Porque todos sois diferentes. No sois lemmings. Algunos deben liderar, y esperar que el resto les siga". "¿Quién lidera?" "Los hombres que deben... hombres impulsados, hombres obligados." "Hombres raros." "Todos son fenómenos, señor. Pero siempre lo han sido. La vida es un fenómeno. Esa es su esperanza y su gloria".

  Alfred Bester

  Moving, Men, Doubt

  "The Stars My Destination". Book by Alfred Bester (Chapter 16), 1957.

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• Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

  Alfred Bester

  Nonsense, Entropy, Cents

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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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

  Believe, Belief, Worthy

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• Creo mucho en las personas y en su potencial sin explotar.

  Alfred Bester

  People, Untapped Potential, Believer

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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

  Adventure, Dying, Age

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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• The man who gives his own decisions priority over society is a criminal.

  Alfred Bester

  Men, Giving, Priorities

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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• Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory.

  Alfred Bester

  Lemmings, Freak, Life Is

  "The Stars My Destination". Book by Alfred Bester (Chapter 16, p. 251), 1957.

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• The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more than merely aware of the idol he wishes to destroy. He must be intimate with it and understand it in all its aspects. This means that he must have devoted serious thought to it, and have beliefs of his own which will stand up in the place of the broken idol. In other words, any child can complain, but it takes an adult to clash with accepted beliefs . . . an adult with ideas.

  Alfred Bester

  Children, Mean, Order

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• El objetivo de la extravagancia es actuar como un tonto y sentirse como un tonto, pero disfrutarlo.

  Alfred Bester

  Extravagance, Fool, Enjoy

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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• Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.

  Alfred Bester

  Silly, Fiction, Nonsense

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Se ha sugerido que la mayoría de las mujeres no consiguen escribir de forma significativa porque la mente femenina es viscerotónica y se ocupa casi exclusivamente de la realidad de las emociones en cada momento. Si esto es cierto, la pérdida de la literatura es la ganancia de la ciencia ficción, porque Out of Bounds, la colección de cuentos de Judith Merril, es una representación cálida y colorida de las minucias del futuro.

  Alfred Bester

  Writing, Loss, Reality

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• This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.

  Alfred Bester

  Age, Freak, Century

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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• I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce colorful pressures and conflicts.

  Alfred Bester

  Media, Tecnología, Personas

  Alfred Bester (1976). “Star light, star bright”

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• We always do what's natural, only sometimes we shouldn't do it.

  Alfred Bester

  Sometimes, Natural

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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• Intellect is the ability to avoid belaboring the obvious.

  Alfred Bester

  Obvious, Ability, Intellect

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• If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.

  Alfred Bester

  Fifteen, Fifty, Wanted

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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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

  Robots, Free Will, Reactions

  Alfred Bester (1974). “Tiger! Tiger!”

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• I challenge you, me. Die or live and be great.

  Alfred Bester

  Challenges, Dies

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• Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun.

  Alfred Bester

  Anger, Rage, Said

  Alfred Bester (1996). “The Demolished Man”, Vintage

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• It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real capabilities, we could all be more, do more.

  Alfred Bester

  Real, Levels, Lows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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