There is always Joker to see through the delusion. Generation succeeds generation, but there is a fool walking the earth who is never ravaged by time.

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

The most subversive people are those who ask questions.

An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

We are thrown together with a sprinkling of stardust.

Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.

Gone is not forgotten, but our lives cannot be a memorial. This city cannot be a memorial. This city has to be a city. Our lives have to be our lives.

Patriotism alone is not enough.

I never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right.

The policy of Russia is changeless. Its methods, its tactics, its maneuvers may change, but the polar star of its policy, world domination, is a fixed star. About Russia

He ate a pear. It was a hard one. It fought back against his grinding teeth. It snapped in juicy protest.

I can't even think of the words of what I'm feeling. This man [Prince] was my everything, we had a family. I am beyond deeply saddened and devastated.

Many of my executives have worked with me since the beginning. I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding.

Science is a kind of glorified tailoring enterprise, a method for taking measurements that describe something ? reality ? that may not be understood at all.

I enjoy being Jewish, but I'm an atheist... I hate fundamentalism in all its forms. Jews, Catholics, Baptists, I think they are all potty and capable of destroying the world.