Andreas Weinberger

“The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do. ”
― Ted Nelson

“Zakalwe, in all human societies we have ever reviewed, in every age and every state, there has seldom if ever been a shortage of eager young males prepared to kill and die to preserve the security, comfort and prejudices of their elders, and what you call heroism is just an expression of this simple fact; there is never a scarcity of idiots.”
― Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
― Pablo Picasso

“If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!”
― Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background