No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes 'sight-seeing.'

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

I write to discover what I think.

Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion.

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.

We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.

Small hopes can grow surprising fruit.

As a rule what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.

Most people treat the office manual the way they treat a software manual. They never look at it.

Ours is a country built more on people than on territory. The Jews will come from everywhere: from France, from Russia, from America, from Yemen... Their faith is their passport.

One thing about 'Star Wars' that I'm really proud of is that it expands the imagination. That's why I like the 'Star Wars' toys.

Judgments of adequacy involve social comparison processes

When we are not sure, we are alive.

She must have Egyptian blood. Every time I try to kiss her she says, "Tut, Tut!"

I would surrender my being to see you whole once more.

I find Mormons adorable. I love Disneyland and old musicals, and, to me, Mormonism fits right in with all of that.