There is no unique picture of reality.

Time can behave like another direction in space under extreme conditions.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist.

The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.

It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.

It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.

The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.

Some places will, however, be left behind. Not every city will succeed, because not every city has been adept at adapting to the age of information, in which ideas are the ultimate creator of wealth.

Those who always pray are necessary to those who never pray.

I speak the truth not so much as I would but as much as I dare and I dare a little more as I grow older.

In a thousand years we shall all forget The things that trouble us now.

The less experienced a doctor is, the higher are his notions of professional dignity . . .

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

I'm just an old maid with an attraction to men.

Before people deal with their own sin, they are always dealing with other people's sin.

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

A book is a loaded gun.