Gully Foyle Quotes

#1. But when feminists suggest that God might be a She without suggesting that the Devil might also be female, they must be opposed.

Warren Farrell

#2. Millions for defense, but not one cent for survival.

Alfred Bester

#3. You left her. When she needed you, you ran. And you're still running. Don't you think it's time you stop running and fight for her?

Rick Yancey

#4. Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that.

Pitbull

#5. Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

Stephen Covey

#6. I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

Alfred Bester

#7. It's obvious we can't all be a Gully Foyle, but most of us energize at such a low level, so far short of our real capabilities, we could all be more, do more.

Alfred Bester

#8. We prattle about free will, but we're nothing but response ... mechanical reaction in prescribed grooves.

Alfred Bester

#9. The acid of fury ran through him, eating away the brute patience and sluggishness that had made a cipher of Gully Foyle, precipitating a chain of reactions that would make an infernal machine of Gully Foyle. He was dedicated.

Alfred Bester

#10. I don't think I'd like it if people liked me, I'd think that something had gone wrong.

James Purdy

#11. Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief.

Alfred Bester

#12. So why aren't you living with your sister?"
"She wanted to meet new people," Cath said.
"You make it sound like she broke up with you.

Rainbow Rowell

#13. Damn, I can't wait until it get dark,
So I can light these fireworks up at the park,
And celebrate my independence,
It's the 4th of July, but I ain't got 10 cents.

Kam

#14. He was Gully Foyle, the oiler, wiper, bunkerman; too easy for trouble, too slow for fun, too empty for friendship, too lazy for love.

Alfred Bester

#15. Gully Foyle is my name
And Terra is my nation.
Deep space is my dwelling place,
The stars my destination.

Alfred Bester