If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.

My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.

Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.

It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.

The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.

It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.

The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.

I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.

Enemies and easy to get and even easier to keep. But friends are hard to get and even harder to keep.

I had no eyelashes left. So when I cried, the tears rolled down, unabated to my mouth. My saliva tasted those days, like a salt lake. Or so he said.'('Left from Dhakeshwari')

I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish.

Progress is slow, it is uneven, it is fragile and in some parts of the world it is being erased.

Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as if you have just come back from somewhere expensive.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown

I see movies all the time that manipulate you by playing a high note on the piano or some string instrument, and suddenly you're crying. I'm sick of being told what to think.

We must be both rational and intellectual, both analytic and imaginative, utilizing both statistics and insight.

I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life