Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.

It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.

The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.

It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.

The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.

I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.

Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.

To some of those girls, school will be the highlight of their lives. People like you…people who are beautiful inside and out…those are the ones who will shine in whatever they decide to do. [Alec]

C'mon, Amory. Your romance is overYou don't know how true you spoke. No idea. 'At's the whole trouble

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious only of glory

Beverly Hills is too intimidating. Everyone's got lovely teeth, so you don't want to smile. Everyone's ripped, so you start working out at 4 in the morning and eating egg white omelets.

Oddly enough, my partner went on Prodigy when it first came out, and I ended up playing with some of that stuff!.

Someday you will look back on all the awful stuff that's happening to you, and fondly smile. Doesn't say much about the future, does it?

Its boring not to take risks

There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.

I want to see a UN that enables a gathering of energies in which business plays its proper role.

To me success would be to be able to do your very best in everything you do.