Only by recognizing the boundaries of our socially constructed scientific-technological reality can we transcend them in imagination and then achieve effective human action.

Wherever there's a system, there's a racket to beat it.

As the world of science has grown in size and in power, its deepest problems have changed from the epistemological to the social.

Sometimes the nicest people are the ones who've been hurt the most

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily.

When a High Explosive shell bursts in fifteen feet and does you no damage, you can bet your sweet life you bear a charmed life and no mistake.

Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done! [Apocryphal]

We age not by holding on to youth, but by letting ourselves grow and embracing whatever youthful parts remain.

It's not that I'm Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes now, but I've got my priorities in order.

I believe in a democratic approach to fashion: if you feel good, then great. You may not look good, but it's not the problem.

I didnt like the Survivor shows because of the mean-spirited aspect, and women certainly were part of whatever conflict they would create.

You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it.