I'd rather enjoy the money, and then be buried, offering my body back to the flora and fauna of which I have dined my whole life.

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

A question that always haunts me. Why can’t people just be real? It’s easier being real than pretend being real. Give yourself a chance.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.

I grew up watching my dad be a singer, so it's something I've always been interested in.

Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children.

How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.

But you can't muscle through a five-hour run that way; you have to relax into it like easing your body into a hot bath, until it no longer resists the shock and begins to enjoy it.

You don't get on by being original. You don't get on by being bright. You don't get on by being strong. You get on by being a subtle crook.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really.