All my life I wanted somebody who knew more than I did to tell me the truth.

Maybe the two different worlds we lived in weren't so different. We saw the same sunset.

nothing can wear you out like caring about people

To deal with a 14-dimensional space, visualize a 3-D space and say 'fourteen' to yourself very loudly. Everyone does it.

I think we should think of AI as the intellectual equivalent of a backhoe. It will be much better than us at a lot of things.

They grew up on the outside of society. They weren't looking for a fight. They were looking to belong.

In science, you can say things that seem crazy, but in the long run they can turn out to be right. We can get really good evidence, and in the end the community will come around.

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky

I refuse to say anything beyond five years because I don't think we can see much beyond five years.

I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.

Backhoes can save us a lot of digging. But of course, you can misuse it.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

Don't run too fast through life. You only have one.

The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul.

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.

Not only the guilt, but the love of sin, and its dominion, are taken away, subdued by grace, and cordially renounced by the believing pardoned sinner.

You don't need to be flamboyant in your life to be flamboyant in your work.

I think in a country like mine, violence is at the root of all human relations.

Workers in different countries can easily be played off against each other.

I laugh like a fool when I watch a movie that I've done several years down the road when it's on cable, i'll just watch and sadly laugh along.