David Simpson Quotes

• “I don’t know what the hell that freak just said, but we’re not as backward as you cyborgs think! We know how to speak English!” The tableau continued a moment longer before Old-timer finally managed to utter, “You do?” “No! I’m lying to you! I don’t speak a damn word of English! I memorized this phonetically just to piss you off at the right moment!” the Purist shouted back at him.”

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• “Look into the abyss long enough, eventually it looks back into you,”

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• “Feelings are never wrong. Only actions can be wrong.”

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• “The most important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. —CHARLES DUBOIS”

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• “There’s always someone out there who thinks we should draw a line and not cross it and that humanity will be much happier if we just stand still.”

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• “Language itself is a major resource in the naming of what cannot be named”

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• “Increased knowledge will only increase your understanding and, therefore, your empathy. You’ll only become more good after this,”

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• “Having a soul means having the capacity to love something more than yourself.”

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• “The human brain operates electro-chemically. Each neuron can fire, carrying an input/output signal 100 times a second. Each neuron has roughly 10,000 connections. There are roughly 100 billion neurons. It adds up to a full capacity of ten to the seventeenth power, but since humans don’t run their brains at full capacity, ten to the sixteenth power is likely a better estimate, albeit a rough one.”

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• “More intelligence, more creativity, more perception leads to greater truth. Limiting our knowledge has only ever led to stagnation and misery.”

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• “Idiots see superficial similarities between two things and conclude that they are alike.”

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• “They’re only famous because the public needs to believe that there are people worth idolizing—it’s the malady of the herd.” “I”

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• “Corruption can only come from ignorance, whether that ignorance is willful or not. James, my son, do not be afraid to know.”

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• “Because the one who has the power to choose who lives and who dies should use that power to save the other. To do otherwise would still be selfish. It would still be monstrous.”

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• “We abolished the former economy of scarcity so that clean water, food, power, shelter, and everything else humanity needed was abundant.”

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• “Resurrection is my forte.”

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• “Is that it?” Katherine asked, horrified. “Is he...gone?” “Yes,” the A.I. replied.”

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• “The idea of a monkey, albeit a slightly more sophisticated than average one, probing inside of my mind as though she were looking for tiny insects to pick out and pop into her mouth disgusted me.”

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• “There’s nothing you can say that isn’t picked up by a mic somewhere, fed through an algorithm that picks up patterns and weeds out what’s important.”

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• “But I’d rather live today than die today. With life, there’s still a chance—still hope. With death, there’s nothing.” “Trans-human”

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• “He didn’t want to face the fact that his offspring was far superior.”

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• “An automatic magnetic field went up to stop the cockpit from depressurizing, but, unlike the magnetic cocoons of the post-humans, it wasn’t impregnable.”

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• “At that very moment, James Keats hovered just above the waterfall he’d been considering naming after his dead wife. A voice whispered in his ear. “Welcome back, my son.”

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• “After all, your life is just as valuable as the other person’s life, isn’t it?” “Yes, of course,” the recorded me replied. The recorded Aldous nodded. “Thank you,” he said, turning to leave the room. “But I’d still sacrifice myself,” the recorded me suddenly called after him. That selfless admission caused the holographic Aldous to turn, his expression intrigued, his interest piqued for the first time in the conversation. “You would?” he asked, tilting his head quizzically. “Why? That would be illogical.” “Would it?” the recorded me reacted, appearing confused. “It appears logical to me.” “How so?” “Because the one who has the power to choose who lives and who dies should use that power to save the other. To do otherwise would still be selfish. It would still be monstrous.”

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• “Indeed, my son, there is a way to bring everyone back.”

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