The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over a limited theatre of war.

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.

Leaders' major question is "why". If they lose, they ask "why". If they win, they ask "why". Their "whys" weave their wonders.

Synchronicity is the soul's reminder of authorship.

Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them.

As for my personal politics, some people seem to think I'm some kind of archlibertarian, a hyper-conservative.

One must always be civic-minded.

Son, if you really want something in life, you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.

You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.

But your job is to work upon yourself: for this you are chosen; the rest is in the hands of God. He who humbles himself shall be exalted.

I think if we keep on doing good music and people like us and they buy the magazine because we are in the magazine then they cant basically hate us hopefully.

I have made to God the offering you made to me of your heart and have asked him to unite mine with yours in that of Our Lord.