The United States of America have taken their name from the United States of the Netherlands.

On this day, so full for Americans of thoughts connected with their National Independence, we may not forget that Americans have yet other grounds for gratitude to the people of the Netherlands.

We cannot forget that our flag received its first foreign salute from a Dutch officer, nor that the Province of Friesland gave to our independence its first formal recognition.

When you are searching for knowledge, knowledge is also searching for you.

For what is a dream if not love first felt and what is mystery if not life itself

I read somewhere that dedications are like coded love letters, but I always seem to lay us out bare.Sorry for the poems.

The space elevator's not just another competitive technology, promoted by people who simply like the idea of diminishing the luster of the thrusters. It would open wide the doors to space.

The more the planners, the worse the plans.

Death is not fearful. What's fearful is giving up.

What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA.

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.

Reality is always the moment of vision before the intellectualization takes place. There is no other reality.