Brain damage is never a good idea, no matter what your friends say.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

Four things do not come back: the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.

Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know.

It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity.

Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so.

The prospect of living without interference, living in a world where windfalls and misfortunes were never by design, held no terror for him.

The hush of the night sky is the silence of a graveyard.

When Arecibo is not listening to anything else, it hears the voice of creation.

From the beginning I knew my destination, and I chose my route accordingly. But am I working toward an extreme of joy, or of pain? Will I achieve a minimum, or a maximum?

Like physical events with their causal and teleological interpretations, every linguistic event had two possible interpretations: as a transmission of information and as the realization of a plan.

A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.

I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life.

Memory is the most malicious cutter of all, preserving, recasting, panning in slow motion across the awful bits so that we retain every detail.

War may break out unexpectedly. Wars are not declared, nowadays. They simply start.

The Heritage Foundation is the premier think tank, research organization. The premier idea group for the conservative movement.

I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers" Sam, Linger

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch.

To walk abroad is, not with eyes, But thoughts, the fields to see and prize; Else may the silent feet, Like logs of wood, Move up and down, and see no good, Nor Jor nor glory meet.