Stars and Gods
A source page for quotes linked to Larry Niven.
Related Quotes
Source: N-Space
“Harry Kane used a word your publisher will cut.”
Source: A Gift from Earth
“The State has a superfluity of testicles, Peersa said with no particular emphasis.”
Source: A World Out of Time
“The majority is always sane.”
Source: Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One
“We learn only to ask more questions.”
Source: Ringworld Engineers
“Any damn fool can predict the past.”
Source: Niven's Laws
Source: The Mote in God's Eye
“Never be embarrassed or ashamed by anything you choose to write.”
Source: Niven's Laws
“In challenging a kzin, a simple scream of rage is sufficient. You scream and you leap.”
Source: Ringworld: The Graphic Novel, Part One
Source: Three trips in time and space: original novellas of science fiction
“If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over.”
Source: Scatterbrain
“The witnessing of titanic events is always dangerous, usually painful, and often fatal.”
Source: Stars and Gods
“The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program.”
“The Gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.”
“Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.”
Source: Niven's Laws
“Never fire a laser at a mirror.”
Source: Niven's Laws
“How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?”
Source: Ringworld Engineers
Source: Fallen Angels
“Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a dozen.”
“Everything starts as somebody's daydream.”
Source: Fallen Angels
“In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.”
Source: Fallen Angels
“The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim”