15 Quotes from Artemis book by Andy Weir

Hello and Welcome. This page is a collection of 15 quotes that I liked and saved while reading Artemis book by Andy Weir. I hope you will like them too.

By the way, I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader, quotes collector and blogger.

Artemis Quotes

  • People will trust a reliable criminal more readily than a shady businessman.
  • No idiot-proofing can overcome a determined idiot.
  • Nothing like a language barrier to make people leave you alone.
  • It’s important to vary your profanities. If you use the same one too often it loses strength.
  • Coffee’s just a bad kind of tea. Black tea is the only hot drink worth having.
  • I’m a businessman. My whole job is exploiting underutilized resources. And you are a massively underutilized resource.
  • Sex is totally different in one-sixth G. It’s great for couples who’ve been married a long time. They get to rediscover sex together – it’s like new.
  • Every city needs an underbelly. It’s best to let the petty criminals do their thing and focus on bigger issues.
  • If you want to make babies, somebody’s got to get fucked.
  • Building a civilization is ugly. But the alternative is no civilization at all.
  • The thing that sucks about life-or-death situations is how boring they can be.
  • That’s the thing about secrets. You can sell them over and over again.
  • A city can’t just be rich tourists and eccentric billionaires. It needs working-class people too. You don’t expect J. Worthalot Richbastard III to clean his own toilet, do you?
  • Travel’s a bitch. Even when it’s a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. You leak money like a sieve. You’re jet-lagged. You’re exhausted all the time. You’re homesick even though you’re on vacation.
  • That’s the thing about crying yourself to sleep. When you wake up, the problems are still there.