Aging is mostly the failure to repair.

— Gregory Benford

As fandom grew more variegated, gen zines reflected a broadening of interests, carrying personal columns of humor and reflection, science articles, amateur fiction, stylish gossip, and inevitably, thoughtful pieces on the future of fandom.

— Gregory Benford

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

— Gregory Benford

Between people long-married there is a diplomacy of the eyes

— Gregory Benford

But a lady forced is never a lady won

— Gregory Benford

Civilization was a defense against nature’s raw power.

— Gregory Benford

Electromagnetic theory and experiment gave us the telephone, radio, TV, computers, and made the internal combustion engine practical - thus, the car and airplane, leading inevitably to the rocket and outer-space exploration.

— Gregory Benford

Fame is the accumulation of misunderstandings around a well-known name

— Gregory Benford

Human life is a voyage on a sea of meaning, not a net of information.

— Gregory Benford

Humans and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. With aliens, that has to go double.

— Gregory Benford