Top 5 Quotes by Gordon R. Dickson

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.

Inspirational, Funny, Wall

A camel is a horse designed by a committee and a committee's a sweet running piece of machinery compared to any government.

Gordon R. Dickson

Running, Sweet, Horse

Gordon R. Dickson (1978). “The Far Call”

A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse for his actions.

Gordon R. Dickson

Faith, Use, Action

Now our world is at the present time firmly in the grip of a mechanical monster, whose head - if you want to call it that - is the World Engineer's Complex. That monster is opposed to us and can keep all too good a tab on us through every purchase we make with our credit numbers, every time we use the public transportation or eat a meal or rent a place to live.

Gordon R. Dickson

Numbers, Our World, Use

Gordon R. Dickson (1963). “No Room for Man”, New York : MacFadden-Bartell Corporation