There are some ideas so stupid that only intellectuals can believe in them, particularly left-wing intellectuals.

Anybody can find infinite Mandelbrot figures in his navel.

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.

We live with our archetypes, but can we live in them?

The single definition of government I've ever seen that makes sense is that it's the organization which claims the right to kill people who won't do what it wants.

A man isn't really alive till he has something bigger than himself and his own little happiness, for which he'd gladly die.

Timidity can be as dangerous as rashness.

A fanatic is a man who, when he's lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort.

He had seen too much of the cosmos to have any great faith in man's ability to understand it.

If we knew exactly what to expect throughout the Solar System, we would have no reason to explore it.

What five books would I like to be remembered for? Well... Tau Zero, I like that one especially. It was somewhat of a tour de force, and I think it got across what I was trying for.

It is better to be kind than to seek much knowledge.

If anyone tells you that something can't be done, they're correct, but it only pertains to them.

-He drives recklessly or speeds up when he’s angry.-He punches walls or kicks doors.-He throws things around, even if they don’t hit you.

The biggest mistake people make is to try to lose too much weight too fast.

You want to be like a ticking bomb. As calm as possible before the fight, to save energy… But ready to explode the second you step into the cage.

I was raised a good little Catholic. What's more theatrical than the ritual of the Catholic church?

You want to help mother Earth? Try sodomy. Sodomy is eco-friendly, and abortion is green.

Everybody get drunk and make bad decisions.

Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead.

Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility.