One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.

Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination

Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief

The mind is the reality. You are what you think.

Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce colorful pressures and conflicts.

Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory.

No matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. Ther's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.

A dream is a distant reality.

O Lord God

Happiness isn't a fortune in a cookie. It's deeper, wider, funnier, and more transporting than that.

Let me say this: I'm paranoid of the government. They've lost my trust. They've lied to me so many times that I don't know what to believe from them anymore.

Who, except the poets, reads poetry?

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.

Bring Your Child to Work Day -- that's how we got George W. Bush.

Hiking alone lets me have some time to myself.

In the spiritual life there is no such thing as an indifference to love or hate.