Clifford D. Simak

Quotes

• “It's just a bow and arrow, but it's not a laughing matter. It might have been at one time, but history takes the laugh o...”
• “We realized that among us, among all the races, we had a staggering fund of knowledge and of techniques - that working t...”
• “The whole procedure of his thinking, Jason knew, was an imbecilic exercise; there was no compelling reason for him to se...”
• “What do you mean by faith? Is faith enough for Man? Should he be satisfied with faith alone? Is there no way of finding ...”
• “For it was authority that turned men suspicious and stern-faced. Authority and responsibility which made them not themse...”
• “Has it ever occurred to you that business as you think of it may have outlived its usefulness? Business has made its con...”
• “I can't go back," said Towser. "Nor I," said Fowler. "They would turn me back into a dog," said Towser. "And me," said F...”
• “We have fallen on hard times of the spirit, with many of the people more concerned with fear of evil than contemplation ...”
• “But the bars that held you, the bars that kept you in were the luxury and soft living. It is hard to walk out on a thing...”
• “I trade with you my mind.”