Top 3 Quotes by George R. Stewart

The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way.

The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way.

Way, Trouble, Expecting

George R. Stewart (1993). “Earth Abides”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

As for man, there is little reason to think that he can in the long run escape the fate of other creatures, and if there is a biological law of flux and reflux, his situation is now a highly perilous one. During ten thousand years his numbers have been on the upgrade in spite of wars, pestilences, and famines. This increase in population has become more and more rapid. Biologically, man has for too long a time been rolling an uninterrupted run of sevens.

George R. Stewart

Running, War, Fate

George R. Stewart (1993). “Earth Abides”, p.8, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt