black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Luke, I don’t want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarrassing way to die.” Mara

Aaron Allston

I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas.” “You haven’t heard all our ideas.” Luke & Bhindi Drayson
AARON ALLSTON

Generation Heard Idea Sound Thousand Worst
The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.
AARON ALLSTON

Analysis Itself Thing
No, they can’t. They can’t be Luke Skywalker.
AARON ALLSTON

Luke No Skywalker
The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.
AARON ALLSTON

Doctor Frankenstein Good New Friendship Thing
I marked their location in case Kell wanted to blow them up or something.” “I don’t have to blow up everything I see. I just like to.
AARON ALLSTON

Blow Case Kell Location Mark Something
At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface.” “Crash.” “Quite slowly.” Face & Luke
AARON ALLSTON

Down Effort Face Final Repulsor Surface
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
AARON ALLSTON

Bomb Father Hate Kill Story Wedge
Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
AARON ALLSTON

Fingernail Hanging Large Luck Way
The principle of Sturgeon’s Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap
AARON ALLSTON

Answer Crap Principle Problem Razor Simplest State
No, General. I’m not your subordinate. And what I’m coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles
AARON ALLSTON

Danger Subordinate Violence Wedge
I really can’t complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can’t get paid to be smart.
AARON ALLSTON

Dumb Paid Smart Stupid
That was interesting.” “He deliberately countermanded one of my orders.” “He was furtive.” “Sneaky, even.” “We’ll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet.” Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)
AARON ALLSTON

Countermanded Furtive Interesting Order Sneaky Style
Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I’ll shoot him under the table.” Han (to Leia)
AARON ALLSTON

Fake Leia Shoot Table
Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.
AARON ALLSTON

Ennui Inside Lethargy Waging War
The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
AARON ALLSTON

Awful Difference Something Tragedy
Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone’s satisfaction.
AARON ALLSTON

Believe Everyone Feminist People Process
Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.
AARON ALLSTON

Indistinguishable Magic Science Sufficient Written
If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God’s domain?
AARON ALLSTON

Domain God Hack Server Tampered
Life is like an analogy.
AARON ALLSTON

Analogies Life Positive
Definition of ‘Free’: You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.
AARON ALLSTON

Definition Elect Free Pay Receive
I don’t know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.
AARON ALLSTON

Figure Jedi Know Master
There are two types of people in the world, and I’m one of them.
AARON ALLSTON

People Sad Two Type World
Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.
AARON ALLSTON

Rogue Run Running Unless Wraith
Tycho, we’re about to achieve a tremendous victory we don’t want.” “We’ll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn’t fail when he tried to.” “Thanks.” Wedge & Tycho
AARON ALLSTON

Achieve Antilles Biography General Tycho Victory Want
Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
AARON ALLSTON

Fierce First Incompetent Lawyer
Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.
AARON ALLSTON

First Heal Hurt Sometimes
When all else fails, complicate matters
AARON ALLSTON

Else Fail Failing Matter When

Luke, I don’t want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarrassing way to die.” Mara

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Luke, I don’t want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarrassing way to die.” Mara

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Aaron Allston Quotes