The tempest unleashes an alphabetletters fall through the apertures of crazy anglesto spell out the futureuprooting the course of inventionand enslaving the masters

The old San Francisco is under attack to the point where it's disappearing

The mood of the '50s is like today.

You'll never be as OK with the thought of dying as you are in the moments when you know that you are truly living

It has never been easier to get books but never harder to find the quiet needed to study them.

It feels good to read book. But it is grander to write book.

I think 'I Spy, ' still when you look at it, speaks volumes in terms of propaganda for equality. It's just magnificent.

If you're a good improviser, you improvise well enough that people think that you're doing a sketch.

A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.

Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.

Scale is of prime importance and I think that oversized scale is better than undersized scale.

I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

I will tell you the secret. God has had all there was of me.