American civilization, from its beginnings, had combined a dogmatic confidence in the future with a naive puzzlement over what the future might bring.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

I write to discover what I think.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.

That God does not exist, I cannot deny, That my whole being cries out for God I cannot forget.

Consciousness is eternal, and it is part of you.

Architecture is frozen music.

I am well aware that a chef is only as good as his last meal.

The precise moment at which a great belief is doomed is easily recognisable; it is the moment when its value begins to be called in question.

New York is the best food city in the world.

Only the toad under the harrow knows where it pinches him.

Cherish yesterday, Dream tomorrow, Live today.

Who would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?

Being bullied by a serial bully is equivalent to being stalked or being battered by a partner or being abused as a child and should be accorded the same gravity.