Alfred Bester

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1913-12-18 – 1987-09-30

Quotes by Alfred Bester

• There's got to be more to life than just living, Foyle said to the robot.Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.Why can't we all move forward together?Because you're all different. You're not lemmings. Some must lead, and hope that the rest will follow.Who leads?The men who must...driven men, compelled men.Freak men.You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.Thank you very much.My pleasure, sir.You've saved the day.Always a lovely day somewhere, sir, the robot beamed. Then it fizzed, jangled, and collapsed.

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• If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.

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• Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.

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• There's got to be more to life than just living, Foyle said to the robot.Then find it for yourself, sir. Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.Why can't we all move forward together?Because you're all different. You're not lemmings. Some must lead, and hope that the rest will follow.Who leads?The men who must...driven men, compelled men.Freak men.You're all freaks, sir. But you always have been freaks. Life is a freak. That's its hope and glory.Thank you very much.My pleasure, sir.You've saved the day.Always a lovely day somewhere, sir, the robot beamed. Then it fizzed, jangled, and collapsed.

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• If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.

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• Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.

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• I'm a great believer in people and their untapped potential.

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