Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination

One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.

Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief

The mind is the reality. You are what you think.

Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce colorful pressures and conflicts.

Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory.

No matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. Ther's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.

My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My Father!' I'd never given acting a thought. They were proud of me and very encouraging.

I go shopping maybe three times a year in an intense way. I'm like a man. Can't spend too much time in a shop.

Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the illusion of time and life.

There can be no place for self entirely

It was while I was pastoring that I began to realize that pastors were not growing churches because they didn't understand leadership because they were not trained, adequate leaders.

Best advice is this: Work hard. Nothing is given to you.

Fear. Blame. Don't forget. Mom. I love you. -Lauren Oliver, Delerium

A lot of people say I wouldn't have a down day, but you look at the music and there's real melancholy.

As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.

Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, and overswept.