It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.

Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.

Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so.

Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.

The prospect of living without interference, living in a world where windfalls and misfortunes were never by design, held no terror for him.

The hush of the night sky is the silence of a graveyard.

When Arecibo is not listening to anything else, it hears the voice of creation.

From the beginning I knew my destination, and I chose my route accordingly. But am I working toward an extreme of joy, or of pain? Will I achieve a minimum, or a maximum?

Like physical events with their causal and teleological interpretations, every linguistic event had two possible interpretations: as a transmission of information and as the realization of a plan.

Healing from childhood abuse is not going mad, it is going sane.

The beauty and music...It is a call...And some are not strong.

When in doubt win the trick.

I came out to my parents when I was a junior in college. And it was pretty fine. They were more concerned with why I wasn't dating anyone. But now I'm 36, and I still don't date anyone.

President Bush listed his income as $822,000. You know what John Kerry calls someone who earns $822,000? Not even worth dating.

The Inhabitants of Carolina, thro' the Richness of the Soil, live an easy and pleasant Life.

It becomes very difficult for us to adjust to a world without social media because we spend so much time involved with it.

Nature, God, or whatever you want to call the creator of the universe comes through the microscope clearly and strongly

That's what the news is: You turn on the news every night, whatever you watch, and you're expecting to see things that you didn't know happened. And that's not what it is.

Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.