I never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all.

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.

I am the waves of the ocean, and I am always in love with the floating white clouds. I sing along with the wind and dance along with your thoughts and imaginations.

If I fail, I should not fail for lack of trying, but in spite.

I actually got into music because of art and because of skateboarding: All those graphics and punk bands and fanzines - they were glued together in my brain.

I have to go with Data's makeup, because that was basically every day, 10 months out of the year, for seven years. There were only a couple of days that I had to endure for Dr. Soong.

It would be mockery to call such dreariness heaven at all.

What place is so rugged and so homely that there is no beauty; if you only have a sensibility to beauty?

I was always the squarest person in the cool room, and alternatively, sometimes the weirder person at the mainstream table.

Wait until next time," he warned. "I'll do things that'll make you lose control within seconds.

Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle.

I live in a tough neighborhood. They got a children's zoo. Last week, four kids escaped.