Aaron Allston Quotes

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

Life is like an analogy.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

The good thing about being Dr. Frankenstein is that you can always make new friends.

Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.

I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.

Ennui and lethargy are waging a war inside me.

The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap

I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.

Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission." "We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.

Obviously a fake Kyp. You distract him. I'll shoot him under the table." Han (to Leia)

Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara

At which time the repulsor puts out its final effort and slows you down so you crash quite slowly into the surface." "Crash." "Quite slowly." Face & Luke

I don't know. Your the Jedi Master, you figure it out.

Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

I have to say, this sounds like the worst idea in a thousand generations of bad ideas." "You haven't heard all our ideas." Luke & Bhindi Drayson

That was interesting." "He deliberately countermanded one of my orders." "He was furtive." "Sneaky, even." "We'll make a Rebellion-style pilot of him yet." Tycho & Wedge (about Jag)

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles

Tycho, we're about to achieve a tremendous victory we don't want." "We'll put that in your biography. General Antilles was so good he couldn't fail when he tried to." "Thanks." Wedge & Tycho

The analysis of the thing is not the thing itself.

Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?

No one pays me to be nice.

When all else fails, complicate matters

There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet.

Remember us. Remember us as we used to be, before the universe turned against us. Young, beautiful, strong, brave, admirable, loved, loving...' --Alema Rar

You can't look dignified when you're having fun.

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence.-General Wedge Antilles

Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to.""No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission.""We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.