The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters.
Jack McDevittSo we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.
Jack McDevittThe Peacekeepers had a tradition that every problem had a solution. It was a nice slogan. Wasn't true, but it sounded good.
Jack McDevittOf course, they (i. e., demons) had always been observed with some regularity, but that could usually be ascribed to an overabundance of piety or wine or imagination. Take your pick.
Jack McDevittMost of us sleepwalk through our lives. We take all its glories, its wine, food, love, and friendship, its sunsets and its stars, its poetry and fireplaces and laughter, for granted. We forget that experience is not, or should not be, a casual encounter, but rather an embrace. Consequently, for too many of us, when we come to the end, we wonder where the years have gone. And we suspect we have not lived.
Jack McDevitt