Most frequently asked question at my AI talks: Will robots be conscious? We slaughter 60 billion animals/year, but are concerned for robots?

The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation.

Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worth of being saved.

A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.

There is a limit to human intelligence, but there is no limit to human stupidity

It is the pursuit of happiness that makes people unhappy.

The world is divided into the ordinary and the extraordinary. The problem is deciding which is which.

Life is not a journey, it is a destination

There is nothing more dangerous than a philosopher who wants to change the world

Most books are about aspects of human knowledge - Few people write books about human ignorance, despite the fact that there would be much more to write about

Life is a question in the form of an answer

...but that was the thing about reality. It didn't need to make sense.

Those who lead a literary life seem old when they're young and young when they're old, but they're never actually either. Like a good book, they are bound by neither category nor time.

3 qualities of a good investor

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level do a good job because your reputation is your resume.

The moon is dark, and the gods dance in the night; there is terror in the sky, for upon the moon hath sunk an eclipse foretold in no books of men or of earth's gods.

I think anyone who uses the web is smart and will profit.

It's always been about when I do theater, the audience is just a viewer, not taking part in what's onstage. Whereas if you're doing stand-up, it's inclusive.

Ten years ago, if you asked me where I'd be now, I'd have said F-ing dead. But I'm not dead. I have an awesome life. And I'm just very grateful. That's the one thing I try to convey. Gratitude.

A simple rule applies: if you don't quickly comprehend what a company is doing, then management probably doesn't either.

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress