Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.

The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising, the seemingly radical.

Anyone nit-picking enough to write a letter of correction to an editor doubtless deserves the error that provoked it.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment.

Much education springs from some image of the future. If the image of the future held by a society is grossly inaccurate, its education system will betray its youth.

Information overload will lead to 'future shock syndrome' as an individual will suffer severe physical and mental disturbances.