In the expression of the emotions, originality merits the first consideration... The words used, however, should be old ones.

However far I gaze Neither cherry blossoms nor Crimson leaves are in sight. Only a fisherman's hut on the shore In the autumnal evening.

Looking about I see no cherry blossoms And no crimson leaves A straw-thatched hut by a bay In the autumn dusk.

I tended to hate people that hit me in the head without warning.

Death is the true inspiring genius, or the muse of philosophy, wherefore Socrates has defined the latter as θανάτου μελέτη. Indeed without death men would scarcely philosophise.

The power to define the other seals one's definition of oneself.

Different religions meet the needs of different people

My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo Mario Bros.

I don't think I have what it takes to make a good action game. I think I'm better at telling a story.

I imagine most of that stuff on the information highway is roadkill anyway.

Americans of all ages are earning less than they did two decades ago when adjusted for inflation. Yet they’re paying more in taxes.

Working with my father [Stephen Hawking ] is a great thrill - he has the amazing ability to hold enormous amounts of information in his head.

I have no regrets about anything that I've ever done, about whom I've been involved with, so forth and so on.