God was a clever idea ... The human race came up with a winner there.

I am an underwater explorer, not a treasure hunter.

The greatest discoveries all start with the question "Why?"

It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.

The advanced societies of the future will not be governed by reason. They will be driven by irrationality, by competing systems of psychopathology.

Well, when I was a kid, I grew up in San Diego next to the ocean. The ocean was my friend - my best friend.

Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

I surely know that there is no role in life more essential and more eternal than that of motherhood.

Be impatient. All things don't come to those who wait. Push on with what you believe because life is very short.

Sooner or later, all games become serious.

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

I want to need you.

If I have to die either for religion or atheism I would prefer atheism, since my conscience will respect my rational decision.

When a leader replaces the value of selfless service with selfish ambition they have officially regressed back into a boss.

If there's an Internet signal, people will always have access to God's Word and for that I'm profoundly grateful for the technology and people who've made this access to life-giving words possible.

A garden is a kinetic work of art, not an object but a process, open-ended, biodegradable, nurturant, like all women's artistry. A garden is the best alternative therapy.

The Democrats are now an upscale party.

To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off.

I'm not saying that we need more stories about people of a certain age, we just need more great stories about people.

People are dynamic. They change, and soon as there are enough of you, things change [for a whole society].