Author: Larry Niven

Quotes

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

- Larry Niven

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

- Larry Niven

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it.

- Larry Niven

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

- Larry Niven

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.

- Larry Niven

The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.

The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.

- Larry Niven

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

- Larry Niven

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.

- Larry Niven

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

- Larry Niven

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