Sang_d'Encre

“You assume far too readily that man is a paragon of justice, forgetting, apparently, that he has a long and savage history. He has killed other animals not only for meat but for pleasure; he has enslaved his neighbors, murdered his opponents, and obtained the most unholy sadistical joy from the agony of others. It is not impossible that we shall, in the course of our travels, meet other intelligent creatures far more worthy than man to rule the universe.”
― A.E. van Vogt, The Voyage of the Space Beagle

“[He] had the hard eyes of the disciplinarian and the smile of a man who must be tactful and pleasant to many people.”
― A.E. van Vogt, The World of Null-A

“Beware of men who name their products with the initials of their own character.”
― Mel Croucher

“And the more technically developed a nation or race is, the more cruel, ruthless, predatory, and commercialized its systems tend to become … all because we continue to think like animals and have not learned how to think consistently like human beings. A. K.”
― A.E. van Vogt, The World of Null-A