Perhaps we’ve never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon earth and decided there’s no sign of intelligent life.

Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.

Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.

If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

The sacrifice of personal existence is necessary to secure the preservation of the species.

World-view is a product of life-view, not vice versa.

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.

Your date will not be impressed by you throwing up on her brand-new shoes, as you spout poetic babblings that are meaningful only to you.

I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist.

The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution.

I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.

There is always room for a man of force and he makes room for many. Society is a troop of thinkers and the best heads among them take the best places.