Top 500 Andy Weir Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “It’s the kids of today that’ll have to make the world of tomorrow work.”

— Andy Weir

452. “Well, that concept is critical to the “Mark Watney doesn’t die” project.”

— Andy Weir

453. “Got to love computers. They do all the thinking for you so you don’t have to.”

— Andy Weir

454. “Then he knelt on one knee and fist-pumped repeatedly.”

— Andy Weir

455. “There are probably a thousand things that led to them being sapient and stuff.”

— Andy Weir

456. “I panted in my suit and suppressed the urge to puke. That was way the hell more exertion than I’m built for. An oxygen-deprivation headache took root. It’d be with me for a few hours, at least. I’d managed to get altitude sickness on the moon.”

— Andy Weir

457. “Snowblowers are expensive,” he used to say. “You’re free.”

— Andy Weir

458. “Also, I’ll lose half a liter of water per day to breathing until the humidity in the Hab reaches its maximum and water starts condensing on every surface. Then I’ll be licking the walls. Yay.”

— Andy Weir

459. “Also, I need to make an outdoor shed for the potatoes. I can’t just pile them up outside. The next major storm would cause the Great Martian Potato Migration.”

— Andy Weir

460. “Very good. Most would not know that.” “I teach junior high school science,” I said. “These things come up.”

— Andy Weir

461. “I’m Canadian, by the way. But don’t worry! I’m not one of those anti-American Canadians. I think you guys are alright.”

— Andy Weir

462. “Well, it is a photo taken from orbit,” Mindy said. “The NSA enhanced the image with the best software they have.” “Wait, what?” Venkat stammered. “The NSA?” “Yeah, they called and offered to help out.”

— Andy Weir

463. “The battery was a lithium thionyl chloride non-rechargeable. I figured that out from some subtle clues: the shape of the connection points, the thickness of the insulation, and the fact that it had “LiSOCl2 NON-RCHRG” written on it.”

— Andy Weir

464. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a woman. Just sayin.”

— Andy Weir

465. “YOU believe in God, Venkat?” Mitch asked. “Sure, lots of ’em,” Venkat said. “I’m Hindu.”

— Andy Weir

466. “So they don’t know we can help them,” Guo Ming said. “If we decide not to help, no one will know we could have.”

— Andy Weir

467. “But, you know, other than that edge case, there’s no reason.”

— Andy Weir

468. “So far, I think it’s been working. But who knows? I can see it now: me holding a map, scratching my head, trying to figure out how I ended up on Venus.”

— Andy Weir

469. “I figure if there’s a God, He won’t mind, considering the situation I’m in.”

— Andy Weir

470. “I work out my location when I’m parked, and account for it in the next day’s travel. It’s kind of a successive approximation thing. So far, I think it’s been working. But who knows? I can see it now: me holding a map, scratching my head, trying to figure out how I ended up on Venus.”

— Andy Weir

471. “It didn’t budge. Of course it didn’t. The rover was at lower pressure.”

— Andy Weir

472. “Folks,” he said, “this is going to be the most ‘ghetto’ spacecraft ever built. There.”

— Andy Weir

473. “They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”

— Andy Weir

474. “The Russian spoke for the first time. “Actually, my friend, we do.”

— Andy Weir

475. “There’s nothing better than knowing you’re going to outwit the reader.”

— Andy Weir

476. “When European mariners first came across Asian mariners, no one was surprised they both used sails.”

— Andy Weir

477. “Then came the digging. Oh God, the digging.”

— Andy Weir

478. “Hell, if we learned anything from “The Phantom Menace” it’s this: Never start a sci-fi story with a description of complex macroeconomics.”

— Andy Weir

479. “And that’s exactly what had happened. Power traveled from the drill line’s positive lead, through the workbench, through the Mylar, through Pathfinder’s hull, through a bunch of extremely sensitive and irreplaceable electronics, and out the negative lead of Pathfinder’s power line.”

— Andy Weir

480. “The human brain works hard to abstract that out.”

— Andy Weir

481. “25 kph, the rover’s top speed.”

— Andy Weir

482. “I tested the brackets by hitting them with rocks. This kind of sophistication is what we interplanetary scientists are known for.”

— Andy Weir

483. “She knew right then no one’s mind would change. They were going back to Mars.”

— Andy Weir

484. “The next major storm would cause the Great Martian Potato Migration.”

— Andy Weir

485. “They’ll probably say, “Thanks for gathering samples. But leave them behind. And one of your arms, too. Whichever one you like least.”

— Andy Weir

486. “I thought I was far enough from the explosion but no, not even close. Chunks of twisted metal bashed my boulder while smaller bits of wreckage rained from above. “Oh, right,” I said. I’d forgotten to account for the other explosive in there: the hydrogen fuel-cell battery. All that hydrogen had met the oxygen at high temperature and they’d had a brief chat.”

— Andy Weir

487. “Carefully reaching to the side of my helmet, I got the.”

— Andy Weir

488. “They didn’t want to put astronauts next to a glowing hot ball of radioactive death!”

— Andy Weir

489. “Life is amazingly tenacious. They don’t want to die any more than I do.”

— Andy Weir

490. “Everyone would die but me,” she said. “They’d all take pills and die. They’ll do it right away so they don’t use up any food. Commander Lewis picked me to be the survivor. She told me about it yesterday. I don’t think NASA knows about it.”

— Andy Weir

491. “We don’t have jails or fines. If you commit a serious crime, we exile you to Earth.”

— Andy Weir

492. “At least it’s not the middle one that’s pointed up.”

— Andy Weir

493. “Funny,” Venkat said. “Be a smart-ass to a guy seven levels above you at your company. See how that works out.” “Oh no,” Mindy said. “I might lose my job as an interplanetary voyeur? I guess I’d have to use my master’s degree for something else.” “I remember when you were shy.” “I’m space paparazzi now. The attitude comes with the job.” “Yeah, yeah,” Venkat said. “Just send the e-mail.” “Already sent.”

— Andy Weir

494. “The computer’s not being unreasonable. If I can’t remember my own name, I probably shouldn’t be allowed into delicate areas of the ship.”

— Andy Weir

495. “Then again, my students all have eyes and they were still amazed when I told them “x-rays,” “microwaves,” “Wi-Fi,” and “purple” were all just wavelengths of light.”

— Andy Weir

496. “It occurs to me: Now that I might live, I have to be more careful about logging embarrassing moments. How do I delete log entries?”

— Andy Weir

497. “Will you stop whining about your problems during my murder?!”

— Andy Weir

498. “You’re stranded on Mars and you can only take one book with you. What is it? A. It’s always hard to pick one “favorite book.” Growing up, I loved early Robert Heinlein books most of all. So if I had to pick one, I’d go with Tunnel in the Sky. I do love a good survival story.”

— Andy Weir

499. “Point is, the process worked!”

— Andy Weir

500. “Three comm systems, actually. I guess they aren’t taking any chances, what with my habit of being nearby when radios break.”

— Andy Weir