The prospect of cheap fusion energy is the worst thing that could happen to the planet.

Basic income is not a utopia, it's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey.

You can eliminate, for example, a Brazil nut gene if you know that it will create an allergenic effect.

We now have an opportunity, though, to do something we didn't do in the industrial age, and that is to get a leg up on this, to bring the public in quickly, to have an informed debate.

Many of the genetically modified foods will be safe, I'm sure. Will most of them be safe? Nobody knows.

The world's environment can no longer handle beef.

Can we reach biosphere consciousness and global empathy in time to avert planetary collapse?

Back in 1983, the United States government approved the release of the first genetically modified organism. In this case, it was a bacteria that prevents frost on food crops.

What the public needs to understand is that these new technologies, especially in recombinant DNA technology, allow scientists to bypass biological boundaries altogether.

The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.

We are entering a new phase in human history - one in which fewer and fewer workers will be needed to produce the goods and services for the global population.

She was not alone in her respect for him. Because he is more than a boss to people. He’s a religion for non-believers.

Fish Ponies! I put them on the ceiling!" -Tyson

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers.

Bear the burdens of others, but don't put them in your pocket too.

He knew what the Beats know and what the great tennis player knows, son: learn to do nothing, with your whole head and body, and everything will be done by what's around you.

But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'

I just wish they'd put a new word in the dictionary bigger than love because love just doesn't describe what I feel.

Perhaps self-esteem is just the sum of self-love and self-confidence. People with high self-esteem know they deserve a good life and that they can get almost everything they focus on!

No one can realize how substantial the air is, until he feels its supporting power beneath him. It inspires confidence at once.

If we succeed, it will not be because of what we have, but it will be because of what we are; not because of what we own, but, rather because of what we believe.