“There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long— PEOPLE. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.” PeopleLongIdeasMatterBigsRevolutionWeakHolesFrightenedOne Word Author:Warren Ellis
“You must remember that the common criminal will always join the armed forces for, if nothing else, regular meals and expert training in the use of guns.” IfsUseRememberForceCommonTrainingGunCriminalsExpertsMealsArmed Forces Author:Warren Ellis
“By four o'clock, I've discounted suicide in favor of killing everyone else in the entire world instead.” WorldFourSuicideKillingFavorsOptimisticClockBad AssMisanthropyKilling Everyone Author:Warren Ellis
“Journalism is just a gun. It’s only got one bullet in it, but if you aim right, that’s all you need. Aim it right, and you can blow a kneecap off the world.” IfsWorldNeedsGunAimBlowJournalismBulletsBad Ass Author:Warren Ellis
“The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species.” WayHumansReasonRunningSpaceSpeciesFlightReason WhyPairsSimplestBreedingRetardedSpace Flight Author:Warren Ellis
“So this Zealot comes to my door, all glazed eyes and clean reproductive organs, asking me if I ever think about God. So I tell him I killed God. I tracked God down like a rabid dog, hacked off his legs with a hedge trimmer, raped him with a corncob, and boiled off his corpse in an acid bath. So he pulls an alternating-current taser on me and tells me that only the Official Serbian Church of Tesla can save my polyphase intrinsic electric field, known to non-engineers as "the soul." So I hit him. What would you do?” IfsThinkingSoulEyeChurchKnownDoorsDogFieldsAskingCleanCurrentsLegsOfficialsOrgansEngineersElectricBathsCorpsesAcidHackedTeslaZealotTasers Author:Warren Ellis
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” FactsTakenDoorsFrontsRiversMadDuesPriestsBad AssParanoidFront DoorsWeasels Author:Warren Ellis
“I want vasopressin, washed caffeine, Jumpstart, ginkgo biloba, guarana, and any intelligence enhancer introduced in the last five years.” WantYearsLastsFiveFive YearsCaffeineLast Five YearsJumpstart Author:Warren Ellis
“He was in blue jeans and a work shirt, which is another weird quirk of Rich Old Men. Just one of the guys here. Blue jeans and a work shirt, salt of the earth, working man like yourself. Like they're somehow uncomfortable about being rich enough to sleep in a bed made of vaginas being pulled around the town at night by a fleet of gold-covered midgets.” MenMadeEnoughEarthNightGuySleepRichBedGoldTownsBlueUncomfortableShirtsJust OneOld ManCoveredSaltJeansBeing RichLike YourselfQuirksWorking ManMidgetBlue JeansSalt Of The Earth Author:Warren Ellis
“What? I bring joy to the world. I am filled with mirth and sunlight. Also, I am Batman.” WorldJoyFilledSunlightBad AssMirthJoy To The World Author:Warren Ellis
“That means that the universe is two-dimensional. Matter, energy, time, you, me and the floor are holograms.” MeanTwoMatterUniverseEnergyHolograms Author:Warren Ellis
“Elijah Snow: 'Who have you pissed off this time, John?' John Stone: 'Sumatran robot death sluts -- Dammit, ONE of these buttons fires the atomic death biter --” FireStonesSnowButtonsRobotsPissed OffElijah Author:Warren Ellis
“If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it” IfsBitsFictionScience FictionContemporary Author:Warren Ellis
“What if I left my memory in the future and I have to catch up to it?” IfsLeftMemoriesWhat If Author:Warren Ellis
“Wolves ate even mighty hunters, for there was no honor or code among predators, and everyone's guts steam the same way when torn open on a cold night.” WayNightColdHonorCodeGutsTornHuntersSteamPredatorCold Night Book:Gun Machine Source: Gun Machine
“If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?” IfsThinkingBelieveMadeShowsBrainResponsibilityTelevisionIf You BelieveTelevision ShowsOverthinking Author:Warren Ellis
“You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.” PerfectTiredMoodJournalismMiserableEdgyEdginess Author:Warren Ellis
