Bold objects require conservative engineering.

Our attainments [in space] are a major element in the competition between the Soviet system and our own . . . . in this sense, [they] are part of the battle along the fluid front of the cold war.

I began to feel that all the people I'd ever known who had died or left me had not in fact gone away, but continued to live on inside me just as this man's wife lived on inside him.

God's in His Heaven - All's right with the world!

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.

I have earned my disillusionment.

I think a lot of TV insults the audience.

I do longer runs on things, a lot stories. I really like one-liners, I like a lot of different kinds of standup but I've always been long-winded.

I love funky shoes and hats. I'm into large-brimmed fedoras with big feathers in fun colors like purple and lime-yellow. I just think hats add pizzazz to your outfits.

The universe is already programmed to give each of us a year of happiness. Our challenge lies in programming ourselves to receive it.

God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them.

Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.