The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.

It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.

The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.

I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.

Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.

Success will be within your reach only when you start reaching out for it.

Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.

To tell you the truth, I'm something of an atheist.

To jump over centuries In one step is impossible. Jump too high or far, You’ll be way too late.

Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them.

Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?

Childhood trauma is not necessarily a prophecy of doom, because some children are resilient or because later experiences help to restore mental health.

I never paid attention when people said, "That's gotta be poetry. That's gotta be fiction," except when I was in a graduate program, and you had to claim your genre.

Power flows to those who serve.

If we don't get sustainability right in agriculture first, it won't happen anywhere.