Ten of My Favourite Andrew Mayne Quotes
Quotes, who doesn’t love a good quote? This series of articles we look at Top 10 Famous Quotes by Author Andrew Mayne, author quotes are always a challenge and fun to pick, with Andrew Mayne you will find my Ten favourites of Andrew Mayne’s quotes.
Popular Quotes
“Don’t overthink it. Just write.”
― Andrew Mayne, How to Write a Novella in 24 Hours: And other questionable & possibly insane advice on creativity for writers
“When no amount of evidence can convince you that your worldview might be inaccurate, then we’ve exited the realm of reason and entered religious territory. This is why I laugh at the notion of reconciling faith and science. Science is based on the premise that logic and reason can tell us the true nature of reality. Religion is based on the idea that when logic and reason don’t support a predetermined view of reality, they are at fault.”
― Andrew Mayne, Looking Glass
“The next time you get into a political discussion, stop and ask yourself what amount of evidence would change your mind. If the answer is none, then realize you’re actually in a religious discussion, one more zealot arguing with another.”
― Andrew Mayne, Looking Glass
“As my hero Richard Feynman would say, “It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is; it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.”
― Andrew Mayne, Looking Glass
“Killing is a solution to a problem. Murder is something you do because you want to. You divorce your wife because you don’t love her. You murder her because you hate her.”
― Andrew Mayne, The Naturalist
“A mistake we make too often in science is thinking that having a name for something is the same as understanding it. A skeleton in a museum or a drop of blood”
― Andrew Mayne, The Naturalist
“A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, a mere heart of stone. —Charles Darwin”
― Andrew Mayne, The Naturalist
“Dwelling on the sins of the past won’t help us stop the evils of the present.”
― Andrew Mayne, Name of the Devil:
“You have a judgmental face.” “I’m a scientist. I look at everything this way.”
― Andrew Mayne, The Naturalist
“There’s a clarity that arrives when life forces you into a binary situation.”
― Andrew Mayne, The Naturalist
10 Famous Quotes by Author Andrew Mayne
So there you have it my Ten favourite quotes by Andrew Mayne, please comment below and share your favourite quotes by the fantastic author Andrew Mayne. Furthermore, if you find any Authors not covered for there, top 10 quotes let me know and I will review their works and find some of their best quotes as has been done here for Andrew Mayne.
One Final Bonus – Andrew Mayne Quote
“Roosevelt pulled a cigar from his pocket and lit it. “How can you smoke at a time like this?” asked the captain. His eyes were aimed up at the falling flames.
“Hell, if I’m going to die, it’s going to be doing something I enjoy. And since none of you are of the female persuasion, it’s the cigar.”
“At this point the fall would probably just pulverize our legs. If we could avoid cardiac arrest, we’d live. As invalids of course,” replied Smith.
“Don’t ruin my cigar, Schmitty.”
― Andrew Mayne, The Chronological Man: The Martian Emperor
