Neal Stephenson Quotes

What kind of an idiotic question is that?

Sometimes Howard [Cosell] makes me wish I was a dog and he was a fireplug.

I don't play golf. Mark Twain is golf to me.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

He never leaves, does he?

Message? What the hell do you think I am, a bloody postman?

Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.

How come everything I need always comes with batteries?

She glared at him. "You're doing it again." "What?" "That thing that irritates me." "Smiling?" "Yes. That.

I want to strangle whoever invented that R-Patz thing.

You have delighted us long enough.

I'm allergic to stupidity.

Babies don't need a vacation. But I still see them at the beach. It pisses me off.

Did you guys take enough freakin' pictures already?

Why are you making a joke out of this?" she asks. "Because it's stupid, Nik. There's not even room in my day to think about someone else.

And now I wish I hadn’t been civil, because he says he shall not despair! He is as stupid as Endymion!” “No, no!” said Alverstoke soothingly. “Nobody could be as stupid as Endymion!

People Who Do Things exceed my endurance; God, for a man that solicits insurance!

This makes me so sore it gets my dandruff up.

During our session, I told Tove about how I'd done mind-speak on Duncan, but it only worked when I was irritated. Using that logic,Tove spent most of the morning trying to irritate me into using it. Sometimes it worked, but most of the time I just got pointlessly annoyed.

It’s just a mild disagreement, Papa. Remi has this whole need to breathe in and out, which annoys me. If he would just stop breathing, I’d be fine. (Aimee)

For gods' sake, Strider," Torin snapped. "Open your mouth and form some words. While you're at it, stop staring at the angel like he's a tasty treat.

It is really irritating to work with irritating people

If something or someone's really bugging you, just sit on it. Just sit on it.

Right,' Thomas said. 'Where are we headed?' 'To where they treat me like royalty,' I said. 'We're going to Burger King?' I rubbed the heel of my hand against my forehead and spelled fratricide in a subvocal mutter, but I had to spell out temporary insanity and justifiable homicide, too, before I calmed down enough to speak politely. 'Just take a left and drive. Please.' 'Well,' Thomas said, grinning, 'since you said 'please' - Thomas Raith & Harry Dresden, Small Favor, Jim Butcher

I literally feel pity for a lot of the stupid idiots that I have to deal with.