19 Quotes from Project Hail Mary book by Andy Weir
Hello and Welcome. This page is a collection of 19 quotes from Project Hail Mary book by Andy Weir that I underlined while reading the book. I hope you will like these quotes too.
By the way, I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader, quotes collector and blogger.
Quotes on Evolution
- Evolution can be insanely effective when you leave it alone for a few billion years.
- Any planet that has life will have it everywhere. That's my theory, at least. Evolution is extremely good at filling every nook in the ecosystem.
Quotes on Human Brain
- Human brains are amazing things. We can get used to just about anything.
- Broadly speaking, the human brain is a collection of software hacks compiled into a single, somehow-functional unit. Each "feature" was added as a random mutation that solved some specific problem to increase our odds of survival. In short, the human brain is a mess. Everything about evolution is messy.
Quotes on Science
- Discrepancy is science. You think about discrepancy. Make theory. You is science human.
- It's a weird feeling, scientific breakthroughs. There's no Eureka moment. Just a slow, steady progression toward a goal. But man, when you get to that goal it feels good.
More Quotes
- Thing is, nothing affects gravity. You can't increase or decrease it. Earth's gravity is 9.8 meters per second per second. Period. And I'm experiencing more than that. There's only one possible explanation. I'm not on Earth.
- What's the point of even having a world if you're not going to pass it on to the next generation?
- Kids are smarter than most people think. And they can tell when a teacher actually cares about them as opposed to when they're just going through the motions.
- People always assumed our first contact with alien life - if any existed - would be little green men in UFOs. We never considered the idea of a simple, unintelligent species.
- If I had a nickel for every time I wanted to smack a kid's parents for not teaching them even the most basic things ... well ... I'd have enough nickels to put in a sock and smack those parents with it.
- Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.
- Sometimes, the stuff we all hate ends up being the only way to do things.
- When the alternative is death to your entire species, things are very easy. No moral dilemmas, no weighing what's best for whom.
- Astronauts are brave people, willing to risk their life for science. Many of them are willing to give their life for humanity. I admire them.
- I'm lucky to be alive. There's no other way to put it. Anything I do beyond that moment is a gift from the universe to me.
- The hardest part about working with aliens and saving humanity from extinction is constantly having to come up with names for stuff.
- There is no "stationary" in a solar system. You're always moving around something.
- People nowadays ... they have no idea how good they have it. The past was unrelenting misery for most people. And the further back in time you go, the worse it was.