I am inclined to think that nothing could matter more than what people love. At any rate, I can think of no value that I would place higher. I would not want to live in a world without love.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters is a transparently disingenuous innovation of the theologians.

Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on the planet, and we hold the paintbrush.

There’s simply no polite way to tell people they’ve dedicated their lives to an illusion.

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

What you can imagine depends on what you know.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

There may be things that are completely unknowable to us, so we must be careful not to treat the limits of our knowledge as sure guides to the limit of what there is.

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

Nil Sine Magno Labore ("Nothing without great effort") --Motto of Brooklyn College

Never stop when you are tired. Stop when you are done!

I've been on the road since 1983. Nothing ever changed, even when I was doing TV and movies.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

Nor shall our cups make any guilty men; But at our parting, we will be, as when We innocently met.

I spent most of my dough on booze, broads and boats and the rest I wasted.

Intuitive design is how we give the user new superpowers.

I think it's a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories.

I am more convinced than ever that a lively two party system is essential to our democracy.

The ability to speak exactly is intimately related to the ability to know exactly.