The theater, when it is potent enough to deserve its ancestry, is always dangerous; that is why it is instinctively feared by people who do not want change, but only preservation of the status quo.

the power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions.

Art in America has always been regarded as a luxury.

Democracy ... is never won but always to be won.

Youth lives in an atmosphere of energy waiting to make contact.

Since nothing is free, to each his price.

Biotech 1.0 is slow, like a lab science, and Version 2.0 is more like computational sciences.

Teacher, teacher, I declare, I see your purple underwear.

I was going to be a scientist.

All I'm saying is that it's shortsighted to blame TV. It's simply another symptom. TV didn't invent our aesthetic childishness here any more than the Manhattan Project invented aggression.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?

But in real life, happily-ever-after is just the beginning. It's where life starts.

I tweet because it allows me to say anything I want and sometimes people respond.

Bridge is a game for the undivided intellect.