A good question is, of course, the key by which infinite answers can be educed.

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.

Don't deny your parents a chance at happiness and also an opportunity to see you achieve greatness.

The world is a drama, staged in a dream

May you follow the path of light.

If you want extraordinary results you must put in extraordinary effort.

I dont go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.

Fate, I think, is a thief.

There ain't nothing good that don't got real bad waiting to follow it.

When I'm riding my bicycle I feel like a Buddhist who is happy just to enjoy his mundane existence

I would say the number one thing with cancer is not to let it scare you because when you are afraid, it destroys your immune system.

The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.