Tony Moyle > Quotes

“There are many things in science that were developed because it was possible rather than desirable. Humanity's curiosity will almost certainly be its downfall.”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“Real power isn't the ability to harm or meddle, Real power is overcoming your frailty when every sinew of your mind tells you it's impossible. Real power is facing up to your problems when you want to hid from them. Real power is picking yourself up from a fall and redoubling your efforts. Real power is the strength to choose what is right.”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“Before you deal out your moral judgement on me, perhaps you should ask yourself what you did.”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“It was a paradox that, although he worked for the Prime Minister, Agent 15 knew far more about the way government worked than Byron did, and he wasn’t alone. There were hundreds of people that really controlled the country, silently manoeuvring it into position like the path of a giant container ship. Quite often the captain at the helm knew little about what was going on in the engine room, unless it was impossible for him not to know. This was one of those occasions. All concerned would have preferred if their activities remained concealed from the other in case the situation was made permanent. The Prime Minister knew now, and he did have the power to change it permanently. Unbeknown to him, they also had the power to remove him if they so wished. In a battle of hundreds against one, the power of one will generally lose. It was the first time in Byron’s premiership that he realised that the well-run ship was not being powered by him, just steered.”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“​But what do you really know about Nostradamus the man?”
― Tony Moyle, The End of the World is Nigh: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“The vast population of the world have slipped into a coma of laziness.”
― Tony Moyle, Memory Clouds: A dystopian thriller - closer to reality than you might be comfortable with.

“When the energy of the spirit leaves, it doesn’t take the body long to notice”
― Tony Moyle, The End of the World is Nigh: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“Surely in your line of work no one should be above the law.”
― Tony Moyle, Last of the Mountain Men: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“through his incoherent babbling. “Absolutely none. Not only is it none, but also in the six months that you have worked here there isn’t a single person that doesn’t know you exist. Now is that because you have set the world alight with your talents?” Ian’s mouth opened but the words took too long to form. “Not quite,” offered Sandy. “In those six months, what have you managed to do? You’ve set fire to your own office because you were using a magnifying glass on a hot day to make the font size on your laptop look bigger. You’ve worn a badge into work that said, ‘Is that a gun in your pocket or are you pleased to see me?’ and you’ve destroyed a state-of-the-art prototype bugging device when you accidentally dropped it in your Diet Coke, costing the department tens of thousands of pounds, I might add.”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“She wanted more from life than to act as a walking womb to future heirs or a thing of beauty to be shown off in front of others.”
― Tony Moyle, The End of the World is Nigh: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“Police dogs barked insatiably at the rather perplexed local cat population who continued to do whatever the fuck they wanted, as usual.”
― Tony Moyle, Last of the Mountain Men: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“had opened, it then”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“Just because you could read didn’t grant you the gift of wisdom”
― Tony Moyle, The End of the World is Nigh: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“The figures were used to prove the system worked and to subdue potential disquiet.”
― Tony Moyle, Memory Clouds: A dystopian thriller - closer to reality than you might be comfortable with.

“Thinking on behalf of subscribers was one of the additional benefits of membership. A function that began as an optional extra gradually, and almost unnoticeably, became mandatory.”
― Tony Moyle, Memory Clouds: A dystopian thriller - closer to reality than you might be comfortable with.

“By the twenty-forties governments were no more than proxy management teams for a new global power and voting became just another decision that was taken on people’s behalf.”
― Tony Moyle, Memory Clouds: A dystopian thriller - closer to reality than you might be comfortable with.

“Emotion is not what makes us weak. It's what makes us human, The ability to care, even if people often do not.”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“Poor people were a commodity, and the more of it you had, the greater your chances of winning”
― Tony Moyle, The End of the World is Nigh: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“He wasn’t sure what he did have but feet were deficient to the tune of two.”
― Tony Moyle, How to Survive the Afterlife: Books 1-3: A fantastical dark comedy about Gods, death and pigeons.

“They insist on subscribers following the rules, but they have no issue breaking them for what they justify as the greater good. The ‘Proclamation of Distrust’ is designed to make everyone feel that any actions they take are necessary.” “What”
― Tony Moyle, Memory Clouds: A dystopian thriller - closer to reality than you might be comfortable with.

“Ian, it was me that gave you your nickname Cher.” Sandy had thought up the name after the Russian nuclear tragedy, something that resembled Ian Noble on an almost daily basis.”
― Tony Moyle, The Limpet Syndrome

“​People or concepts that garner mass appeal are often remembered far beyond those with genuine talent but poorer public relations campaigns.”
― Tony Moyle, The End of the World is Nigh: Mystery. History. Comedy.

“No one should hold power without oversight.”
― Tony Moyle, Memory Clouds: A dystopian thriller - closer to reality than you might be comfortable with.

“Brimstone stood at the entrance waiting for the next team to drag their sorry arses into work. They were never late. After all, none of them were French, the only race capable of being late in a place where time doesn’t exist.”
― Tony Moyle, How to Survive the Afterlife: Books 1-3: A fantastical dark comedy about Gods, death and pigeons.