In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics.

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example.

Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.

There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

I have always thought it curious that, while most scientists claim to eschew religion, it actually dominates their thoughts more than it does the clergy.

Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

Things are the way they are because they were the way they were.

Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out.

A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.

Half of my life passed searching for the evil that makes me to do wrong things, until I found innocent evils trapped in me.

The status quo is persistent and resistant. It exists because everyone wants it to. Everyone believes that what they’ve got is probably better than the risk and fear that come with change.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

Ah, fool! faint heart fair lady ne'er could win.

I really believe that you could do horror very inexpensively. I don't think it has anything to do with the effects, the effects are not the most important parts.

Money in the hands of one or two men is like a dungheap in a barnyard. So long as it lies in a mass, it does no good; but, if it is only spread out evenly on the land, everything will grow.

The law of your mind is the law of belief. This means to believe in the way your mind works, to believe in belief itself.

I have wonderful band mates that make music that I'm forced to listen to for hours on end until I come up with verses, and that in itself is an inspiration - they're awesome.

I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.