“You know what's wrong with scientific power? It's a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.”
“Sometimes, it's like you know what people think: You know what they're thinking, and you know it's wrong. All you want to do if change their mind, but you can't.”
“Power, wealth and immortality--they don't bring happiness. You will never know what the word means.”
“People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.”
“When it's asshole-tightening time, that's when you see what people are made of. Or at least what their asshole is made of.”
“Crow's Law.Do not believe what you want to believe, until you know what you need to know. R.V. Jones of Scientific Intelligence WWII.”