Man lives on earth not once, but three times: the first stage of his life is his continual sleep; the second, sleeping and waking by turns; the third, waking forever.

Vergleichende Anatomie der Engel. On the comparative anatomy of angels.

Maybe he wouldn't end up the kind of man who needed to use his body for work. Maybe he'd be a new kind of black man altogether, one who got to use his mind.

I believe that young people are looking for answers to the big questions just like everyone else, and that they respect intelligent comment to help guide them through tough times.

Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don't go out on the branch, you're never going to get the best fruit.

It isn't the incompetent who destroy an organization. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.

People want you to play the songs they know. I try not to reflect too much, and I don't really like to focus too much on myself.

It was often this way, life consisted of a series of false beginnings, bluff declarations of arrival to destinations not even glimpsed.

I'm a seeker. I'm very much a believer in science. But I do think there are times when science and mysticism intersect.

Ross Perot. I could have had a ball with him.

Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.