Famous Gregory Benford Quotes

  • Humans and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. With aliens, that has to go double. – Gregory Benford

    Humans and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. With aliens, that has to go double.– Gregory Benford

  • In a tough situation, don’t avoid acting just because it’s easier or comfortable. Don’t lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die. – Gregory Benford

    In a tough situation, don’t avoid acting just because it’s easier or comfortable. Don’t lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die.– Gregory Benford

  • Human life is a voyage on a sea of meaning, not a net of information. – Gregory Benford

    Human life is a voyage on a sea of meaning, not a net of information.– Gregory Benford

  • Between people long-married there is a diplomacy of the eyes – Gregory Benford

    Between people long-married there is a diplomacy of the eyes– Gregory Benford

  • To be a leader meant that sometimes you had to look away from the pain – Gregory Benford

    To be a leader meant that sometimes you had to look away from the pain– Gregory Benford

  • Civilization was a defense against nature’s raw power. – Gregory Benford

    Civilization was a defense against nature’s raw power.– Gregory Benford

  • But a lady forced is never a lady won – Gregory Benford

    But a lady forced is never a lady won– Gregory Benford

  • Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, is the reverse. – Gregory Benford

    Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, is the reverse.– Gregory Benford