J.S. Morrison > Quotes

“Our perfect biological future can now be designed—but who gets to choose?”
― J.S. Morrison

“The future is not what we imagined.”
― J.S. Morrison

“They say fish are disappearing from the oceans. Maybe they’re just getting smarter, and we can’t find them.”
― J.S. Morrison

“Experience helps us develop good judgment about religion. And bad judgment helps us develop that experience.”
― J.S. Morrison

“Life and death are matters of perspective.”
― J.S. Morrison

“Lies become reality if we believe them. “Truth” isn’t truth.”
― J.S. Morrison

“In the past, art transmitted culture. In the future, science and engineering will do the job.”
― J.S. Morrison

“The evil twin of imagination is paranoia. We construct alternative realities by connecting real and imagined dots.”
― J.S. Morrison

“Through genetic memory, the dead inform the behavior of the living.”
― J.S. Morrison

“A 'fulcromancer' is someone who can move the conceptual universe of an entire society, including ideas, beliefs, and social norms. On the other hand, a 'fulcroony' is a fool who stumbles on a universal fulcrum point, not realizing the significance or consequences. Thus, conceptual universes may be altered by wits and the witless.”
― J.S. Morrison

“What exactly happened depends on who you ask. When the possibilities intertwine like a hundred people having sex with a herd of goats, we call it a “barblefarb.”
— Canduka Cantor (From "The Perfection of Fish")”
― J.S. Morrison

“History is like news reports of sex orgies. It helps us imagine what we missed.”
― J.S. Morrison

“Utopia is simply the fulfillment of dreams, the absence of cops and a great big bag of money.”
― J.S. Morrison

“After careful analysis, I see what I believe.”
― J.S. Morrison

“What exactly happened depends on who you ask. When the possibilities intertwine like a hundred people having sex with a herd of goats, we call it a 'barblefarb.”
― J.S. Morrison

“If you took all of the transhumanists and laid them end-to-end, underwater, it would help sanitize the gene pool.”
― J.S. Morrison

“At an abstract level, war is like sex. It’s all about positioning.”
― J.S. Morrison

“In a psychological multiverse, everyone can be right.”
― J.S. Morrison

“In theory, you can debate whether you’re alive or dead or dreaming. In practice, the decision’s easy.”
― J.S. Morrison

“Who we are is a belief;
What we might become is a hope or fear.”
― J.S. Morrison

“There was never a Lady Luck. It was always a man.”
― J.S. Morrison

“Reality is a dipsey-doodle dancer.”
― J.S. Morrison