Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled wrong.

I believe that either Jupiter has life or it doesn't. But I neither believe that it does, nor do I believe that it doesn't.

Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime!

All my life I have been intensely repelled by the idea of 'making an effort'. I hate this idea today as much as I did as a child. I don't know why I hate it so much; I just do.

I have free will, but not of my own choice. I have never freely chosen to have free will. I have to have free will, whether I like it or not!

There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility.

Recently, someone asked me if I believed in astrology. He seemed somewhat puzzled when I explained that the reason I don't is that I'm a Gemini.

Metaphysical problems about "mind" versus "matter" arise only from epistemological confusions.

Why should I be worried about death?

Why do I act as I do? To tell you the truth, I have absolutely no idea why. It is simply my nature to act as I act, and that's all I can say.

..If not for the influence of Humans, I would not be Human. Shouldn't it be concerning that the quality of such examples continues to dwindle?

We can no longer let the threat of an early frost send a chill of fear throughout a large portion of our workforce. Diversification is the only answer.

That person I was when I was a lot younger is not who I am today.

If it weren't for the law, I would steal books; if it weren't for my purse, I would buy them.

For me concrete poetry was a particular way of using language which came out of a particular feeling, and I don't have control over whether this feeling is in me or not.

I love to act. I want to be doing this forever, and I love to learn from people who I think are better.

Don't let other people's conversations about what you're doing or you've done be part of your own conversation.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.

In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.