Alan Quotes

Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark of planethood.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

My high school years were fun and frustrating, typical of the teen years. The most important accomplishment was meeting my wife, Ruth.

That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.

I love the smell of paper in the morning it smells like victory.

I would like to know that when I read the paper in the morning, it's telling me something that actually happened, and I think the vast majority of journalists want the same thing.

For something that's supposed to be secret, there is a lot of intelligence history. Every time I read one book, two more are published.

Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.

The same independence that got me into trouble in high school got me praise in college.

Religion is not a department of life it is something that enters into the whole of it.

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.

Competition-driven innovation and price pressure that commercial practices foster can only make human spaceflight ever more common and U.S. leadership in this domain ever clearer.

My wife is a very attractive woman, and she's always worried about her diet. But she doesn't pay attention to me, and I don't pay attention to her. She's a vegetarian, and it drives me crazy.

Finance is wholly different from the rest the economy.

When I met Bono at the Cannes Film festival while I was there for the film 'United 93, ' he said to me, 'That's a great film, brother. Thank you for your courage in making it.' I plotzed.

If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.

My advice to Robin is listen to your heart, do what you feel. Follow your heart in love and marriage as you would in careers, and you'll be fine. Robin has a great heart. He's a fabulous father.

You have to really stretch your imagination to infer what the intrinsic value of Bitcoin is. I haven't been able to do it. Maybe somebody else can.

The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.

Banks have a new image. Now you have 'a friend, ' your friendly banker. If the banks are so friendly, how come they chain down the pens?

Every city across the country that has successfully renewed and revitalized itself points to a robust education system as its fundamental key to success.

Full-blooded romantic love I wouldn't be able to write about.

I want a permanent relationship, and I might feel inclined to reject anything which of its nature could not be permanent.

If you can figure out my success on the screen, you're a better man than I.

Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together.

Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

Whenever regulation increases, personal freedom decreases.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.