Jack McDevitt Quote

Few of the virtues are really useful. Fidelity leads to lost opportunity, truth-telling to injured feelings, charity to additional solicitations. The least productive, and possibly the most overrated, is faith. The faithful deny reason, close their minds to the evidence of their senses, and remain unfailingly optimistic in the face of disaster. They inevitably get just what they deserve.

Chapter 27 (p. 375) - Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins - Deepsix (2001)