It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.

My colleagues, they study artificial intelligence; me, I study natural stupidity.

Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for.

[Metaphors] replace genuine uncertainty about the world with semantic ambiguity. A metaphor is a cover-up.

Ignorance is the supreme oppressor.

There is hope for me yet Because God won't forget All the plans he's made for me I have to wait and see He's not finished with me yet

I'm ripe for the picking for the Scientologists - one of those creeps. Someone's got to find me. Some little weird cult can just pluck me up, because I'm ripe for the picking.

We have learned nothing from the genome.

The only honest reaction and true loyalty we get is from our animals. Once they're your friends, you can do no wrong.

I'm not a writer. I haven't written anything.

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.

Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars And reach for the heavens and hope for the future And all that we can be and not what we are.

Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.

Aerosmith's 'Rocks' is on the list of my top favorite albums of all time.