In parallel with the development of my interests in technical gadgetry I began to acquire a profound love of and respect for the natural world which motivates my scientific thinking to this day.

My childhood home backed onto wheat and cotton fields.

The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.

My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.

A person obsessed with ultimate truth is a person asking to be relieved of money.

The modern concept of the vacuum of space, confirmed every day by experiment, is a relativistic ether.

But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.

It is an interesting fact that during my tour I was never allowed access to computers, radios, or anything else that I might damage through curiosity, or perhaps something more sinister.

Western society has many flaws, and it is good for an educated person to have thought some of these through, even at the expense of losing a lecture or two to tear gas.

It was at Bell Labs that I first made direct contact with real semiconductor experts and thus began to fully understand what amazing materials they were and what they could do.

I was an extremely reclusive and introverted boy.

A traitor may betray himself and do good he does not intend.

If you came into the theater believing in the talking snake, it's kind of hard to leave the theater still believing in the talking snake.

Unless you can find some sort of LOYALTY, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.

I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness.

You will never find a better friend to the United States than Australia.

Ive had the most wonderful life.

Because we bring so little is no reason to bring nothing.

Human beings are still fish.

Everyone gets their rough day. No one gets a free ride. Today so far, I had a good day. I got a dial tone.

I like taking risks and I decided to put every bit of me into the role.