Gene Brewer Quotes & Sayings

They are but children. — Gene Brewer

Prot: I'm not tired.
Brewer: I am.
Prot: Perhaps you're getting too much sleep. All your beings seem to sleep a lot. Is that because it's so awful to be awake? — Gene Brewer

Most human beings I've met have a rather negative opinion of science. They think it is dull and abstruse, possibly even dangerous. But everyone, even on EARTH, is a scientist, really, whether he realizes it or not. Anyone who has ever watched and wondered how a bird flies, or a leaf unfurls, or concluded anything on the basis of his own observations, is a scientist. Science is a part of life. — Gene Brewer

Education stems from the desire to learn. With that, you don't need schools. Without it, all the schools in the UNIVERSE are useless. — Gene Brewer

Why do human beings have the peculiar impression that belief is the same as truth?"
"Because sometimes the truth hurts. Sometimes we need to believe in a better truth."
"What better truth can there be than truth? — Gene Brewer

Mental illness is often in the eye of the beholder. Too often on this PLANET it refers to those who think and act differently from the majority. — Gene Brewer

A false hope gives only false comfort. — Gene Brewer

Most humans subscribe to the policy of 'an eye for an eye, a life for a life'. Many of your religions are famous for this formula, which is well known throughout the UNIVERSE for its stupidity. Your christ and your buddah had a different vision, but nobody paid any attention to them, not even the christians and buddhists. — Gene Brewer