I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

Secrecy in science does not work. Withholding information does more damage to us than to our competitors.

There's no system foolproof enough to defeat a sufficiently great fool.

I believe in evil. It is the property of all those who are certain of truth. Despair and fanaticism are only differing manifestations of evil.

The extinction of the human race will come from its inability to EMOTIONALLY comprehend the exponential function.

Science attempts to find logic and simplicity in nature. Mathematics attempts to establish order and simplicity in human thought.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.

Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets.

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.

I don't care about your pasti know one thingthati want to be your last

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

Strong professional communities risk and sometimes relish conflict.

A change of work is a good rest for the mind if you're constantly focused on writing. I like to work with timber and be creative on that side sometimes as well.

Nobody goes to a movie and watches the script. There is a lot of other stuff going on.

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

As a musician, life is not over just because you are getting older, and so I find retirement a very frightening and dark thought.

Sometimes being honest with someone or hearing the truth hurts, but it is always better to be honest and accept what is.

I am not in the world to care for my life, but for souls.

The end is nothing; the road is all.