Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail.

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.

That’s what peace is, right? Postponing the conflict until the thing you were fighting over doesn’t matter.

Creativity and ideas fired between every synapse underneath my skin and I felt radiant from the inside out.

How can you be dour when you have a tiny duck?

Your organization is becoming hyperlinked. Whether you like it or not. It's bottom-up; it's impossible.

You know, the thing that I do to waste time is think of things I want to make. That's how my mind is employed.

You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.

Even though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.

We had built up a team in Edmonton that really knew who each other was from a personal standpoint and from a professional standpoint. Our nucleus had stayed together for a long time.

Kids do have to learn that life is a humiliating charade of endless disappointment and tragedy ultimately culminating in pain, decay, and death. My parents used to sing me to sleep with that one.

3-D movies can make me nauseous.