Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

People think of education as something that they can finish.

There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

in the afterglowof an evening raini lay downin the grass and think of youmy body acheslike an after-kissbreaking in soft firesand wildflowersmy dear, i will always bethis tender for you.

No-thinking is the door. No-word is the gate. No-mind is the way.

No one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they like

An empty man is full of himself.

The American people have come to rely on the government for their security. They will find out how incompetent the government is when they no longer have security.

... I went through a very lethargic period ... I was just sort of getting through every night and every day.

I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.

With swimming, I burn a lot of calories. I'm able to eat pretty much anything and it won't affect me. But I don't.

Basically, I feel to spend the rest of my life doing retreat.

I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamped.