I'm officially middle-aged. I don't need drugs anymore, thank God. I can get the same effect just by standing up real fast.

Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes.

[The purpose of flight research] is to separate the real from the imagined problems and to make known the overlooked and the unexpected.

An author simply comes up with a hypothetical question, and then spends eight months and 80 thousands words to come up with a believable lie to answer it

I believe that anybody who gets married should go to a counselor for months before the wedding. I think that's going to save guys a lot of money and the ladies a lot of heartbreak.

Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people quarrel about victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either among them.

Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.

Forget 'redeeming social value,' dirty pictures are fun. When I die I want my ashes sprinkled over a nudist camp.

Believe it or not, that was the first time I recognized that in some ways she was just like the rest of us.

I extend my appreciation to the associations, movements and all those who defend human life.

Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.

The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.