Don’t assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Assumption, Individuals, Intelligence, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top? Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Leadership, Nature, Power, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Connection, Exploration, Identity, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Admiration, Reflection, Values, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
But, come to think of it, there was no need to wait. Time travelers don’t have to wait for anybody. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Impatience, Independence, Time, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Companionship, Connection, Solitude, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Civilization, Courage, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Boundaries, Perception, Unity, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
There is nothing that overwhelms the senses quite like an unwelcome silence. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Discomfort, Isolation, Perception, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
If you’re paying attention to your wardrobe, Rudy believed, your mind isn’t sufficiently occupied. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Distraction, Fashion, Mindfulness, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
If you want creative and successful children, resign yourself to jousting with rebels. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Creativity, Rebellion, Success, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
If you’re right, and nobody really cares what’s out there, I wonder whether we’re even worth saving. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Jack McDevitt, Existential, Uncertainty, Value, 0 Jack McDevitt Copy
