“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”
- Martin Silenus - Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
- Sonny - I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
- Valentine - Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
- Ford Prefect - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)