Humans are very good at making algorithms work eventually.

There is no such thing as zero uncertainty.

The brain has a good error rate. But, the point is, you can function with that error rate. Animals do a lot of guesswork.

Human beings, from a mathematical perspective, are fairly limited. Two and three dimensions, maybe five, and we're OK.

Sometimes guessing is the best you can do. In the real world, we guess all the time and it serves us well.

If the novels are still being read in 50 years, no one is ever going to say: ‘What’s great about that sixth book is that he met his deadline!’ It will be about how the whole thing stands up.

Humor is the ability to see three sides to one coin.

It's weird, man. I've had a weird life, and I don't want to end up on the dole. I'm fed up with the plumbing. And I think it would be good to be a little pop star again.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

Be willing to learn, because none of us know the truth

Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries.

No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There's no such thing as a good long joke.

Every life is narrow. Our only escape is not to run away, but to learn to love the people we are and the world in which we find ourselves.

What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?

If an employer had to pay a man one dollar for the same work a woman could do for 59 cents, why would anyone hire a man?