I'm just a propagandist and a propagandist doesn't have to know what he is talking about, just so he talks about it most convincingly.

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.

Before Man goes to the stars he should learn how to live on Earth .

Much of what we see in the universe ... starts out as imaginary. Often you must imagine something before you can come to terms with it.

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists.

Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.

If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology

It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species.

Inside the time bubble we do not age. We age only when we are outside of it.

When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe.

Philip says to fear me. Do you have any idea how afraid I am of him?

Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world.

All beings seek for happiness

I hated the tests the raised hopes and failed expectations.

You can't keep wanting to be 20 years old. Everybody knows that, but what's in the next room?

Genius is insanity right up until it works.

I'm excited about Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. It's the feast of a thousand senses, so just eat, eat, eat, eat.

A lot of guitar players get stuck on a person ... before they find out who they really are ... every guitar player should remember be yourself - just let it rip.

When you start with next to nothing, all you've got is a lot of thought, a lot of innovation, figuring new ways to do things without using a lot of money.

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.