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Top 30 Robert J. Sawyer Quotes (2025 Update)

Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”

1. “Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”

— Robert J. Sawyer

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.”

2. “Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence,” said Hollus, “or it is deliberate design.”

3. “It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence,” said Hollus, “or it is deliberate design.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.”

4. “Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Honor does not have to be defended.”

5. “Honor does not have to be defended.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “You can’t choose the ways in which you’ll be tested.”

6. “You can’t choose the ways in which you’ll be tested.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Donald Trump was building a pyramid in the Nevada desert to house his eventual remains. When done, it will be ten meters taller than the Great Pyramid at Giza.”

7. “Donald Trump was building a pyramid in the Nevada desert to house his eventual remains. When done, it will be ten meters taller than the Great Pyramid at Giza.”

— Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “A smoking gun is incontrovertible evidence. And that’s what I want: indisputable proof.” “There is no indisputable proof for the big bang,” said Hollus. “And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?”

8. “A smoking gun is incontrovertible evidence. And that’s what I want: indisputable proof.” “There is no indisputable proof for the big bang,” said Hollus. “And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn’t the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had – being sorry you got caught?”

9. “If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn’t the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had – being sorry you got caught?”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.”

10. “The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.”

11. “Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “I get tired of hearing some science-fiction fans saying that characterization isn’t important in SF. In point of fact, I think it’s probably more important in SF than in mainstream fiction. After all, if the author can’t characterize humans well, he or she probably can’t characterize aliens well either.”

12. “I get tired of hearing some science-fiction fans saying that characterization isn’t important in SF. In point of fact, I think it’s probably more important in SF than in mainstream fiction. After all, if the author can’t characterize humans well, he or she probably can’t characterize aliens well either.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.”

13. “How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform one species into another – that, in fact, has never been observed.”

14. “That natural selection can produce changes within a type is disputed by no one, not even the staunchest creationist. But that it can transform one species into another – that, in fact, has never been observed.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Paul Levinson has outdone himself: The Plot to Save Socrates is a philosophically rich gem full of big ideas and wonderful time-travel tricks.”

15. “Paul Levinson has outdone himself: The Plot to Save Socrates is a philosophically rich gem full of big ideas and wonderful time-travel tricks.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “You really did uplift me. You gave me the perspective and point of view and focus I needed to become truly conscious. Without you, I wouldn’t exist.”

16. “You really did uplift me. You gave me the perspective and point of view and focus I needed to become truly conscious. Without you, I wouldn’t exist.”

— Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.”

17. “General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed.”

18. “Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “There is no debt between people who are in love; there is only total forgiveness, and going forward.”

19. “There is no debt between people who are in love; there is only total forgiveness, and going forward.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “He had a collection of science-fiction films on DVD and Blu-ray discs, and although he said he’d seen most of them before, Caitlin was surprised to discover how many of the cases were still shrink-wrapped. “Why’d you buy them if you weren’t going to watch them?” she asked. He looked at the tall, thin cabinets that contained the movies and seemed to ponder the question. “My childhood was on sale,” he said at last, “so I bought it.”

20. “He had a collection of science-fiction films on DVD and Blu-ray discs, and although he said he’d seen most of them before, Caitlin was surprised to discover how many of the cases were still shrink-wrapped. “Why’d you buy them if you weren’t going to watch them?” she asked. He looked at the tall, thin cabinets that contained the movies and seemed to ponder the question. “My childhood was on sale,” he said at last, “so I bought it.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “It is the difference: we generalize do not. Specific bad humans did specific bad things; those humans do we not like. But the rest of humanity we judge one by one.”

21. “It is the difference: we generalize do not. Specific bad humans did specific bad things; those humans do we not like. But the rest of humanity we judge one by one.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “We’ve known since 2007 that there’s superposition in chlorophyll, for instance. Photosynthesis has a ninety-five percent energy-transfer efficiency rate, which is better than anything we can engineer. Plants achieve that by using superposition to simultaneously try all the possible pathways between their light-collecting molecules and their reaction-center proteins so that energy is always sent down the most efficient route; it’s a form of biological quantum computing.”

22. “We’ve known since 2007 that there’s superposition in chlorophyll, for instance. Photosynthesis has a ninety-five percent energy-transfer efficiency rate, which is better than anything we can engineer. Plants achieve that by using superposition to simultaneously try all the possible pathways between their light-collecting molecules and their reaction-center proteins so that energy is always sent down the most efficient route; it’s a form of biological quantum computing.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic.”

23. “A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?”

24. “No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “To use the human metaphor, it would be like trying to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. It can’t be done.”

25. “To use the human metaphor, it would be like trying to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. It can’t be done.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “There is no indisputable proof for the big bang,” said Hollus. “And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?”

26. “There is no indisputable proof for the big bang,” said Hollus. “And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?”

— Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “La Belle Aurore. The Germans wore gray; she wore blue.”

27. “La Belle Aurore. The Germans wore gray; she wore blue.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “That is fine. Feeling a need to convince others that you are right also is something that comes from religion, I think; I am simply content to know that I am right, even if others do not know it.”

28. “That is fine. Feeling a need to convince others that you are right also is something that comes from religion, I think; I am simply content to know that I am right, even if others do not know it.”

— Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “The two heaviest known substances are neutronium and cartons of books.”

29. “The two heaviest known substances are neutronium and cartons of books.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “He hoped the experiment would indeed succeed today. The next Gray Council was coming up soon, and he and Adikor would have to explain again what they were giving back to the community through their work. Scientists usually got their proposals approved – everyone could clearly see how science had bettered their lives – but, still, it was always more satisfying to report positive results.”

30. “He hoped the experiment would indeed succeed today. The next Gray Council was coming up soon, and he and Adikor would have to explain again what they were giving back to the community through their work. Scientists usually got their proposals approved – everyone could clearly see how science had bettered their lives – but, still, it was always more satisfying to report positive results.”

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Robert J. Sawyer Quote: “You know the difference between a psychopath and a homeopath?” She shook her head. “Some psychopaths do no harm.”

31. “You know the difference between a psychopath and a homeopath?” She shook her head. “Some psychopaths do no harm.”

— Robert J. Sawyer

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