It seems to me that God would not have endowed us with a mind and a sense of curiosity if he did not mean for us to use it.

It was unhealthy to get too attached. Such things were best reserved for people who had a life expectancy

I love science fiction, always have, always will. But it’s the kind of science fiction that I love which I think is an important distinction.

When the universe presented unexpected gifts to the undeserving, how else were they to react, except with sheer paranoia?

There are no injuries that run so deep that one can't add insult to them and make them feel even worse.

The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

We are all living history, and it’s hard to say now what will be important in the future. One thing’s certain, though: if we throw it away, it’s gone.

I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time, but people who meet me are soon disabused of that notion.

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch.

You don't always have to be doing something. The most of something that you can do sometimes is to be in the present doing nothing.

I don't know. I've never been on second before.

I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.

Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job."

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.

It is fundamental to Socialism that we should liquidate the British Empire as soon as we can.