The world in general disapproves of creativity, and to be creative in public is particularly bad. Even to speculate in public is rather worrisome.

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.

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They watched the rain and downed their Cokes like a pair of diabetics in a suicide pact.

For your own security it’s imperative you blend in with the native population.

I am quite prehistoric, absolutely prehistoric.

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

We must enter and take possession of the consciences of the children, of the consciences of the young, because they do belong, and should belong to the revolution.

Real life was something happening in her peripheral vision.

I want to keep winning, the hell with the record.

Do you ever think that your life might be easier if you weren't in love with me?" — Edward Cullen