The spell of power never quite releases its hold.

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.

Hate creates a darkness in your soul. You can't shine until you let it go.

Guns don't kill people. People kill people.''But guns make it so much easier. Shall we go?

If you wish to be happy, listen to your heart.

Send these images of me through the internet out into the universe, where I will continue my out-of-body existence.

Genius develops in quiet places character out in the full current of human life.

By no means do I consider myself this great sparkling personality.

Most magazines have become wallpaper, they're all the same, all the same celebrities. It's really an abysmal time in American journalism right now. But occasionally one story or two will pop out.

I have been housekeeping for 31 years and I learned something new on every page!

Even if you're independent, I think you get lonely.

I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.