No matter how we defend ourselves against the outside we're always licked by something from the inside. Ther's no defense against betrayal, and we all betray ourselves.

One of the things that everybody knows about space travel but never mentions is its aphrodisiac quality.

Don't ask the world to stop moving because you have doubts.

Gully Foyle is my name And Terra is my nation Deep space is my dwelling place The stars my destination

Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief

The mind is the reality. You are what you think.

Millions for nonsense, but not one cent for entropy.

I'm not much interested in extrapolating science and technology; I merely use extrapolation as a means of putting people into new quandaries which produce colorful pressures and conflicts.

Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory.

I've handed life and death back to the people who do the living and the dying.

Most science fiction, quite frankly, is silly nonsense.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

Freedom is contagious. That's why despots fear it so much.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

I never liked being photographed. I just happened to be good at it.

I call the art of theatre a "dirty art", since there are so many people involved who have needs and whims to be satisfied.

Most of the world around you doesn't read the Bible. So... God gives the world a living epistle- you.

Bharat for Bhutan and Bhutan for Bharat. The colour of our passports may be different but our thinking is the same. India stands committed to Bhutan's happiness and progress.

Happy the society whose deepest divisions are ones of style.

To the vulgar eye, few things are wonderful that are not distant

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.