Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power in the volume of a sugar cube than exists in the entire world today.

Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.

If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.

Because of technological limits, there is a certain amount of food that we can produce per acre. If we were to have intensive greenhouse agriculture, we could have much higher production.

The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.

One of the concepts essential to molecular manufacturing is that of a self-replicating manufacturing system. That concept has lagged behind in its acceptance.

One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and it will reduce the cost of rockets.

Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot be treated economically.

We see an entire planet which has many limitations.

Machines built by human beings they will function correctly if we provide them with a very specific environment. But if that environment is changed they won't function at all.

If you think the technology is infeasible, you don't worry about what it might do and what its potential is.

Life isn't a book. There's no guarantee of a happy ending.

The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

Piddle on me, oh joy.Please, let it flow.Let it slide between your legsLike its rose water.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies, because they hardly comprehend what motives can be inducements to the alleged crimes.

Everyone knows the rules of three's, you can survive three weeks without food, but not in this environment.

In my studio I'm as happy as a cow in her stall. That's the only place where everything is all right.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I tell you what's really ridiculous--going into a bookstore and there's all these books about yourself. In a way, it feels like you're already dead.

We're all buddhas. We just don't recognize it.