There are some days when no matter what I say it feels like I'm far away in another country & whoever is doing the translating has had far too much to drink.
Brian AndreasIf you hold on to the handle, it's easier to maintain the illusion of control. But it's more fun if you just let the wind carry you.
Brian AndreasThere really is only one story that you need to tell as a scientist or a technologist. It's Prometheus stealing fire. That's it. That's what we do as scientists or technologists.
Brian AndreasIf you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.
Brian AndreasWe went to a church that had missionaries who'd come back once a year from Fiji & give talks. I remember one of them saying it was very hard work telling people they were going to lose their everlasting souls if they didn't shape up. I pictured people sitting on the beach listening to this sweaty man all dressed in black telling them they were going to burn in hell & them thinking this was good fun, these scary stories this guy was telling them & afterwards, they'd all go home & eat mango & fish & they'd play Monopoly & laugh & laugh & they'd go to bed & wake up the next day & do it all again.
Brian Andreas