Create Yours Create Yours

Top 500 Neal Stephenson Quotes (2026 Update)
Page 9 of 10

Neal Stephenson Quote: “The ability to make judgments, to believe things, is the entire point of having a culture. I.”

401. “The ability to make judgments, to believe things, is the entire point of having a culture. I.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “People are my books,” Ty said. “But I did bring a couple, in case the people all go to sleep.”

402. “People are my books,” Ty said. “But I did bring a couple, in case the people all go to sleep.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “So now, when the people of Earth looked up into the night sky at the place where they ought to have seen the moon, they saw instead this slowly tumbling constellation of white boulders.”

403. “So now, when the people of Earth looked up into the night sky at the place where they ought to have seen the moon, they saw instead this slowly tumbling constellation of white boulders.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Why bother to have a technical term for a religious ritual?”

404. “Why bother to have a technical term for a religious ritual?”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Most of the people around the entrance were, of course, bellhops and taxi drivers. Guests went in and out. Some were dressed in business suits, others in casual tourist attire. He did not see any commandos in tracksuits.”

405. “Most of the people around the entrance were, of course, bellhops and taxi drivers. Guests went in and out. Some were dressed in business suits, others in casual tourist attire. He did not see any commandos in tracksuits.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “His rule of thumb, after a walk, is to drink water until he begins to urinate again. Then he can consider other activities.”

406. “His rule of thumb, after a walk, is to drink water until he begins to urinate again. Then he can consider other activities.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Edzard screamed at the men on the starboard side, threatening to throw them overboard if they didn’t match the pace of the port team.”

407. “Edzard screamed at the men on the starboard side, threatening to throw them overboard if they didn’t match the pace of the port team.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Ng blows out more smoke, thinking. “As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to psychoactive drugs. Like LSD, which can convince people they can fly – causing them to jump out of windows – weapons can make people overconfident. Skewing their tactical judgment. As in the case of Fisheye.”

408. “Ng blows out more smoke, thinking. “As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to psychoactive drugs. Like LSD, which can convince people they can fly – causing them to jump out of windows – weapons can make people overconfident. Skewing their tactical judgment. As in the case of Fisheye.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power.”

409. “They went inside. The young ones shuffled to a stop as their ironic sensibilities, which served them in lieu of souls, were jammed by a signal of overwhelming power.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “I get it,” Richard said. “But is that all we are? Just digital Crips and Bloods?”

410. “I get it,” Richard said. “But is that all we are? Just digital Crips and Bloods?”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “The qualifications for being a Scout seemed to be a shocking level of physical endurance, a complete disregard for mortal danger, and some knowledge of how to exist in a space suit. All of them were Russian.”

411. “The qualifications for being a Scout seemed to be a shocking level of physical endurance, a complete disregard for mortal danger, and some knowledge of how to exist in a space suit. All of them were Russian.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “He arouses violent controversy among a loose flock of chickens that is straggling across his path, none of whom can seem to figure out how to get out of his way; they’re scared of him, but not mentally organized enough to translate that fear into a coherent plan of action.”

412. “He arouses violent controversy among a loose flock of chickens that is straggling across his path, none of whom can seem to figure out how to get out of his way; they’re scared of him, but not mentally organized enough to translate that fear into a coherent plan of action.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “My colleague Bruce Sterling has defined a thriller as a science fiction novel that includes the President of the United States.”

413. “My colleague Bruce Sterling has defined a thriller as a science fiction novel that includes the President of the United States.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Southern California doesn’t know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.”

414. “Southern California doesn’t know whether to bustle or just strangle itself on the spot.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “That was his youngest. Hadley, the girl in the middle, was in Berkeley; she’d been doing volunteer work for an organization in Oakland and had a lot of free time.”

415. “That was his youngest. Hadley, the girl in the middle, was in Berkeley; she’d been doing volunteer work for an organization in Oakland and had a lot of free time.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “It wasn’t just a matter of hiding what you really felt. If you hid your feelings well enough, it actually changed you. A.”

416. “It wasn’t just a matter of hiding what you really felt. If you hid your feelings well enough, it actually changed you. A.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Any information system of sufficient complexity will inevitably become infected with viruses – viruses generated from within itself.”

417. “Any information system of sufficient complexity will inevitably become infected with viruses – viruses generated from within itself.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Passing through the utility section she considered getting herself a cup of coffee. Then she felt shock and shame over the fact that she was thinking about coffee while her planet was being set on fire. Then she poured herself a cup of coffee anyway and stepped into the Farm.”

418. “Passing through the utility section she considered getting herself a cup of coffee. Then she felt shock and shame over the fact that she was thinking about coffee while her planet was being set on fire. Then she poured herself a cup of coffee anyway and stepped into the Farm.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Markus’s mind jumped straight to the most obvious explanation: “Is the president nuking people again?”

419. “Markus’s mind jumped straight to the most obvious explanation: “Is the president nuking people again?”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “The only reason no one ever did it with humans is because it seemed ethically dodgy, as well as completely unnecessary given the willingness of men to impregnate women every chance they got.”

420. “The only reason no one ever did it with humans is because it seemed ethically dodgy, as well as completely unnecessary given the willingness of men to impregnate women every chance they got.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “The world has actually been wired together by digital communications systems for a century and a half. Nothing that has happened during that time compares in its impact to the first exchange of messages between Queen Victoria and President Buchanan in 1858. That was so impressive that a mob of celebrants poured into the streets of New York and set fire to City Hall.”

421. “The world has actually been wired together by digital communications systems for a century and a half. Nothing that has happened during that time compares in its impact to the first exchange of messages between Queen Victoria and President Buchanan in 1858. That was so impressive that a mob of celebrants poured into the streets of New York and set fire to City Hall.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “It became sort of obvious that one of them was the boss. Tall guy, a little older than the others, in a Manu jersey.” “Manu jersey?” “Manu Ginobili,” Peter said, almost angry that Zula did not understand the reference. “He plays for the Spurs.”

422. “It became sort of obvious that one of them was the boss. Tall guy, a little older than the others, in a Manu jersey.” “Manu jersey?” “Manu Ginobili,” Peter said, almost angry that Zula did not understand the reference. “He plays for the Spurs.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “A more down-to-earth project run by the Soviets had determined that eight square meters of algae – an expanse of pond scum about the size of two ping-pong tables – was needed to keep a single human supplied with oxygen.”

423. “A more down-to-earth project run by the Soviets had determined that eight square meters of algae – an expanse of pond scum about the size of two ping-pong tables – was needed to keep a single human supplied with oxygen.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “For a fraction of a second he was a yellow blossom of flame in the stream of light, and then he was one with it. All that remained of what he’d been was a wisp of steam coiling above the torrent of fire.”

424. “For a fraction of a second he was a yellow blossom of flame in the stream of light, and then he was one with it. All that remained of what he’d been was a wisp of steam coiling above the torrent of fire.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “The four-day elevator ride might be nothing more than a prelude to further journeys, some of which might take her to places with little to no bandwidth, and nothing was worse than getting stuck in a situation like that with nothing to read.”

425. “The four-day elevator ride might be nothing more than a prelude to further journeys, some of which might take her to places with little to no bandwidth, and nothing was worse than getting stuck in a situation like that with nothing to read.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “She had stayed inside so that she could watch it on the TV in the room, let him know how it had looked on video, how the commentators and pundits had framed it. It.”

426. “She had stayed inside so that she could watch it on the TV in the room, let him know how it had looked on video, how the commentators and pundits had framed it. It.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Don Donald was clearly accustomed to addressing people whose only way of responding was to nod worshipfully and take notes.”

427. “Don Donald was clearly accustomed to addressing people whose only way of responding was to nod worshipfully and take notes.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Enoch pulled the hood back from his head and said, “What was really magnificent about that entrance, Jack, was that, until the moment you rose up out of the pool all covered in phosphorus, you were invisible – you just seemed to materialize, weapon in hand, with that Dwarf-cap, shouting in a language no one understands. Have you considered a career in the theatre?”

428. “Enoch pulled the hood back from his head and said, “What was really magnificent about that entrance, Jack, was that, until the moment you rose up out of the pool all covered in phosphorus, you were invisible – you just seemed to materialize, weapon in hand, with that Dwarf-cap, shouting in a language no one understands. Have you considered a career in the theatre?”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “I think I’m in love,” she said. He clapped a bag over his mouth and threw up.”

429. “I think I’m in love,” she said. He clapped a bag over his mouth and threw up.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “I was wondering when I was going to end up like this.”

430. “I was wondering when I was going to end up like this.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “What is BFR?” asked Pete Starling. For the graph’s vertical scale was labeled thus. “Bolide Fragmentation Rate,” Doob said. “The rate at which new rocks are being produced.” “Is that a standard term?” Pete wanted to know. His tone was not so much hostile as unnerved. “No,” Doob said, “I made it up. Yesterday. On the plane.” He was tempted to add something like I am allowed to coin terms but didn’t want things to get snarky this early in the meeting.”

431. “What is BFR?” asked Pete Starling. For the graph’s vertical scale was labeled thus. “Bolide Fragmentation Rate,” Doob said. “The rate at which new rocks are being produced.” “Is that a standard term?” Pete wanted to know. His tone was not so much hostile as unnerved. “No,” Doob said, “I made it up. Yesterday. On the plane.” He was tempted to add something like I am allowed to coin terms but didn’t want things to get snarky this early in the meeting.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “But in the time-honored manner of most human males, he allowed his eyeballs to swivel her way so that he could check her out, then turned his head so that he could check her out better.”

432. “But in the time-honored manner of most human males, he allowed his eyeballs to swivel her way so that he could check her out, then turned his head so that he could check her out better.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “There was silence around the big table in the Banana.”

433. “There was silence around the big table in the Banana.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “It is heavy enough to stun a muskellunge.”

434. “It is heavy enough to stun a muskellunge.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “For like a lot of young Moirans, Kath Two didn’t even try to establish a fixed home. With a home came a social circle, and perhaps a family.”

435. “For like a lot of young Moirans, Kath Two didn’t even try to establish a fixed home. With a home came a social circle, and perhaps a family.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “The tragedy – and the entire point – of being a parent was the moment when the story stopped being about you.”

436. “The tragedy – and the entire point – of being a parent was the moment when the story stopped being about you.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Diax said something that is still very important to us, which is that you should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it.”

437. “Diax said something that is still very important to us, which is that you should not believe a thing only because you like to believe it.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Their morning training was interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a plainly dressed man. Lugo, the youngest initiate at the chapter house, noticed him first and nearly received a blow to the head as a result of his inattention. Shouting at the rest of the men to stop their drill, Andreas glared at the man who was standing inside the chapter house gate. “How might we assist you?” he called across the yard, more than a little annoyed at the interruption.”

438. “Their morning training was interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a plainly dressed man. Lugo, the youngest initiate at the chapter house, noticed him first and nearly received a blow to the head as a result of his inattention. Shouting at the rest of the men to stop their drill, Andreas glared at the man who was standing inside the chapter house gate. “How might we assist you?” he called across the yard, more than a little annoyed at the interruption.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “No one thought about the big picture for a few thousand years. We were all scrambling to survive.”

439. “No one thought about the big picture for a few thousand years. We were all scrambling to survive.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Eventually the visitors were treated to a thoroughly non-ironic dinner at an Applebee’s.”

440. “Eventually the visitors were treated to a thoroughly non-ironic dinner at an Applebee’s.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “The streets of Pudong were filled with hungry and terrified refugees, and through them, in simple peasant clothes streaked with the blood of herself and of others, broken shackles dangling from her wrists, followed by her generals and ministers, walked the barbarian Princess with her book and her sword.”

441. “The streets of Pudong were filled with hungry and terrified refugees, and through them, in simple peasant clothes streaked with the blood of herself and of others, broken shackles dangling from her wrists, followed by her generals and ministers, walked the barbarian Princess with her book and her sword.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “You can say any sort of nonsense in Latin, and our feeble university men will be stunned, or at least profoundly confused. That’s how the popes have gotten away with peddling bad religion for so long, they simply say it in Latin.”

442. “You can say any sort of nonsense in Latin, and our feeble university men will be stunned, or at least profoundly confused. That’s how the popes have gotten away with peddling bad religion for so long, they simply say it in Latin.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “And this all fits very well with the modern way of thinking about stuff in which all you need to do, in order to attain a sense of personal accomplishment and earn the accolades of your peers, is to demonstrate an ability to slot new examples of things into the proper intellectual pigeon-holes.”

443. “And this all fits very well with the modern way of thinking about stuff in which all you need to do, in order to attain a sense of personal accomplishment and earn the accolades of your peers, is to demonstrate an ability to slot new examples of things into the proper intellectual pigeon-holes.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “There’s a bed, a little fold-out table, and cabinets made of actual wood. These in combination with the photographs of family and friends give it a cozy, domestic flavor which is, however, completely ruined by the framed picture of Adolf Hitler on the wall. Waterhouse finds this to be shockingly poor taste until he remembers it’s a German boat.”

444. “There’s a bed, a little fold-out table, and cabinets made of actual wood. These in combination with the photographs of family and friends give it a cozy, domestic flavor which is, however, completely ruined by the framed picture of Adolf Hitler on the wall. Waterhouse finds this to be shockingly poor taste until he remembers it’s a German boat.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “We had these throwbacks who would do stuff like printing their emails out on paper to read them, or asking you for your goddamn fax number two decades after you had thrown away your fax machine.”

445. “We had these throwbacks who would do stuff like printing their emails out on paper to read them, or asking you for your goddamn fax number two decades after you had thrown away your fax machine.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Earth materializes, rotating majestically in front of his face. Hiro reaches out and grabs it. He twists it around so he’s looking at Oregon. Tells it to get rid of the clouds, and it does, giving him a crystalline view of the mountains and the seashore. Right.”

446. “Earth materializes, rotating majestically in front of his face. Hiro reaches out and grabs it. He twists it around so he’s looking at Oregon. Tells it to get rid of the clouds, and it does, giving him a crystalline view of the mountains and the seashore. Right.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Commuters lining up at the tube stations, waiting to cross the Causeway into Greater Shanghai, seen only as a storm front of neonstained, coal-scented smog that encompassed the horizon.”

447. “Commuters lining up at the tube stations, waiting to cross the Causeway into Greater Shanghai, seen only as a storm front of neonstained, coal-scented smog that encompassed the horizon.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to psychoactive drugs.”

448. “As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to psychoactive drugs.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “Modern people are calibrated for a whole different level of danger acceptance.”

449. “Modern people are calibrated for a whole different level of danger acceptance.”

— Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Quote: “It’s daytime. A wall of billowing orange flame grows up silently from the tank farm a mile away, like a time-lapse chrysanthemum. It is so vast and complicated in its blooming, uncontrolled growth that Rife stops halfway up the stairs to watch.”

450. “It’s daytime. A wall of billowing orange flame grows up silently from the tank farm a mile away, like a time-lapse chrysanthemum. It is so vast and complicated in its blooming, uncontrolled growth that Rife stops halfway up the stairs to watch.”

— Neal Stephenson

Quotes About Facts

Quotes About Facts

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

Positive Quotes

Positive Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

PREV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NEXT

Quotes About Facts

Quotes About Facts

FACTS

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Quotes

INSPIRATIONAL SUCCESS MOTIVATIONAL

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS INSPIRATIONAL

Positive Quotes

Positive Quotes

POSITIVITY

Albert Einstein Quotes

Albert Einstein Quotes

SCIENCE LIFE

Startup Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS INSPIRATIONAL

Steve Jobs Quotes

Steve Jobs Quotes

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS APPLE

Inspirational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

INSPIRATIONAL

Success Quotes

SUCCESS

Motivational Wallpapers

Motivational Wallpapers

MOTIVATIONAL WALLPAPERS

Courage Quotes

COURAGE MOTIVATIONAL STRENGTH

Focus Quotes

INSPIRATIONAL SUCCESS MOTIVATIONAL

QUOTE TEXT

— ,

Close

Save image...
Permalink
Open in new tab
Copy quote text

Beautiful Wallpapers and Images

We hope you enjoyed our collection of 500 Neal Stephenson Quotes.

All the images on this page were created with QuoteFancy Studio.

Use QuoteFancy Studio to create high-quality images for your desktop backgrounds, blog posts, presentations, social media, videos, posters, and more.

Thank you!

Please check your email.

Learn more

Browse by:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

hello@quotefancy.com

Terms of use Privacy policy Quote Maker Contact us

© 2026 Quotefancy. All rights reserved.