Quotes from Andrew Mayne

People tend to think that scientists are experts in all things, when in fact we can be so specialized we know less than a layperson about many scientific topics—like bear behavior.

it'll come down to more shoe leather on my part,

The problem is that monsters rarely see themselves that way.

I'm not a spy. I'm not a cop. All I know is from watching movies and I'm pretty sure if my life depends on doing parkour across rooftops,

or in the same time frame. The trouble is we expect the emote part of emotion. Humans are social primates, and our experiences have to be externalized to be acknowledged by others.

Some families play board games and eat pizza. We're going to eat Thai while I talk about a serial killer.

ongoing blackout.

We all have to face some kind of adversity.

Don't let our skepticism turn into cynicism. Not everyone with a crazy story is crazy.

I'm not really an epidemiologist, if that's what you mean. It's outside my area. I build mathematical models based on biological systems.

It doesn't change what happened. It simply reveals the truth that we're all weird. We're all messy in our own way.

The city was full of everything; it was an inspiring testament to man's ambition and a stark reminder of his animal past.

This is funny," she says without a trace of laughter.

There's a weird historical link between cults and science fiction. Not only do science-fiction writers create cults, sometimes cult leaders become obsessed with science fiction.

When they're alive, it's easy to see the flaws. When they're gone, you tend to notice only the hole in the Earth that they left.

We did those things when we were acting of fear from the cold war. After 9/11 we learned a new kind of fear. A whole generation of brilliant minds started imagining all of the scary things that bad people could do to using genetic engineering, computer viruses, nanotechnology and a thousand other technologies.' 'Once you start thinking

What have you learned?" She wanted to tell him that he was a peculiar and infuriating young man. "That people don't listen." "Precisely. Just because you can see the problems of an elliptical problem doesn't mean that others will listen. And that's what we do.

Nothing stand out and says screams 'suspicious

No. But we do have to spend enough money to make Hughes pass for a Russian oligarch. That Tommy Bahama look won't cut it.

He's trying to assert his authority by calling me onto the carpet. It's a show of force. It's weak.

I could walk into a wooded area and pinpoint within a foot any body he'd left there. I noticed this because my area of expertise was modeling how different systems stake out and create their own ecosystems. I use the term system because sometimes it's a confluence of organisms working together—in their own interests—yet yielding a mutual benefit. The shape of a thing isn't always the thing.

People tend to think that scientists are experts in all things, when in fact we can be so specialized we know less

In a flash I have a realization that chills me even further. While Robert and Ms. Violet knowingly engage in theatrics, that's just for business. It doesn't mean they don't actually believe this. The moving wave of leaves fades away before me, and I'm suddenly aware that the frogs have stopped their croaking. I get the feeling that I'm being watched. When I glance down at the shadows of Robert and me at our feet, a third figure now stands between us.

You only see what you're paying attention to. You're likely to trail bear tracks all the way back to the bear.