It was peculiar to be standing so close to him. He's just a man, but still, what a thing to be Neil Armstrong!

Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle ball.

If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in which all types of people join forces for the common good

I have nothing but respect for the purist who won't work for the pharaoh. But I'm not that strong.

There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.

Every joke can't be dazzling. And if you think you spotted an inconsistency, you did!

I was brought up Catholic and, of course, I strayed and repudiated it. That's a painful thing to go through, because you have to look back and realize that you wasted a gigantic chunk of your life.

I have a deep suspicion of social institutions and tradition in general.

There's absolutely no way that something I do on my own is going to be seen in Malaysia.

I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.

Clever is the eunuch version of funny.

I don't lie to you, " Alan said. "I lie WITH you."Sin stopped looking up at him from under her eyelashes and burst out laughing.Alan went red. "So I've just realized how that come out. Uh.

My heart stutters—not why? or how?—those are not the important questions. The really important question is: by whom?

You are meant to be here. There are no coincidences. It's all happening the way it was meant to be.

I understand from those who adore him, he [Julian Assange] has a great sense of humor which rarely gets an airing because he's dealing with such serious issues.

One's not half two. It's two are halves of one.

In the absence of love, there is nothing worth fighting for.

If I am truly free, who can tell me how much of my freedom I can have today?

Results like these [state of the earth] do not belong on the resumé of a supreme being.

Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him.

I admitted that I did not understand life. What I meant was that I am bewildered by human hearts and motivations, including my own.