When we have machines that are as intelligent - and then twice as intelligent - as we are, there is no reason why that relationship cannot be synergistic rather than antagonistic.

Secrecy was the problem; transparency the obvious cure.

Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.

Honor does not have to be defended.

You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested.

There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the question of whether there is a creator to a higher standard?

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.

No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?

Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.

The harder the challenge the sweeter the victory

Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out. If there's nothing or very little the shock can kill a man.

God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.

Yet there are some people - Steve Allen would dissect comedy forever; he's a really funny guy, but he would love talking about comedy. I'm doing it right now and you all seem bored.

We all have such a finite time to leave the world better than we found it.

Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.

And you call yourself a Christian,' were Hilly's words to me and I thought, God. When did I ever do that?

There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars.

Every second, ten stars set behind the black water in the west.

Little things please little minds.