Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse.

The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday's success.

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.

A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it.

The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising, the seemingly radical.

Knowledge is knowing... or knowing where to find out.

We all make mistakes. The more you punish yourself for them, the harder it is to live.

It is imperative that you know that your activities on earth must have to it some divine purpose.

... your father has two secrets. You, Kip are not one of them.

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.

I enjoy looking at your face... Whenever I look at your face, a question always comes to my mind... Will man ever succeed in reaching the moon?

Why is there something rather than nothing?

I hate it when they tell us how far we've came to be; as if our people's history started with slavery.

Being prime minister isn't the only job in life! As far as I'm concerned, I could live in a village and be satisfied.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

I hope people'll find out pretty quickly that the guy they saw for 10 years was my sense of humor the whole time.