Quotes About Neal

encircling a large new habitat called Akureyri

Get this one a copy of the Cryptonomicon. And a desk—as close to the coffee machine as possible. And why don't you promote the son of a bitch as long as you're at it.

Richard felt no guilt about this, since he had heard that Google Earth, in turn, was based on an idea from some old science-fiction novel.

The QUIPUs (Quantum Information Processing Units) that make up the Chronotron are capable of dealing with the infinite-pasts-as-weighted-by-plausibility calculations in SLIT (Something Less Than Infinite Time).

Do you know what I'm saying, Shaftoe?" "Sir, no sir! But I do detect a strong odor of politics in the room now, sir!

vast house farms out in the loglo wilderness, a culture medium for a medium culture.

Eb closes his eyes, which is what he does during memory access

Let me tell you a couple of things while we're walking. By the time we get to the café, if you think I'm a creep or a nutcase, just tell me, and I'll simply buy you a coffee and be on my way. But if you don't think I'm a creep or a nutcase, then we're going to have a very serious conversation that could take hours. Do you have dinner plans?

She had no time for woke Westerners who wanted to decolonize everything.

The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to here.

Wiener dog underwent explosive decompression, scared a baby.

One of the ice cubes in Doob's glass let out a little pop as it underwent thermal fracturing. Doob

I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.

our revenue. Our delivery people— "Deliverators." I shifted in the beanbag. "What?" "Deliverators. That's what we're calling them now. Clever right? I thought up the term." "I thought Neal Stephenson did." "Who?" "He's a writer. He wrote Snow Crash." "And that's, what, a Frozen sequel?

Try to think like a human, ' said Gant, lolling in one of the club chairs.'Why should I restrict myself so severely?

He knows that in leadership cleverness is not as important as content, that charisma and dash are not as vital as character and doctrine.

However, he might not accept that having your face eaten off was suitable punishment for smoking aboard her ship.