I think I was technically uncredited as Local #1, because there were three of us. But I had the most lines [in My Sweet Charlie].

If you look around at the people in show business today they are basically the people who didn't give up.

I'm an avid biography reader.

I try not to make plans. Because, even the best laid plans etc. etc.

Certainly I find it most interesting to play a role that I can invent from nothing.

Timing is everything, as you know.

I think the potential for man is so enormous, if we can stay alive long enough, we're going to be seeing a lot of what Star Trek is projecting.

People think that being on Star Trek is career suicide, but it's really just the opposite

I think it's the business part of the word show business that causes me the most concern.

When I go to the old folks' home, I'm gonna be sitting in a rocking chair, telling everybody how I worked with Jack [Lemmon] and Walter [Matthau].

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.

Saying you taught it but the student didn't learn it is like saying you sold it but the customer didn't buy it.

Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making. True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them.

To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.

Instinct is the direct connection with truth.

The net effect of the distortion of the First Amendment is to require that wherever the state is, religion must be excluded.

As a child I was very into gadgets and machines and robots.

A fashion plate, a rock star in his own mind, Megamind is more showman than deadly menace.