The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers - and thermonuclear weapons.

One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.

My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents.

You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for God.

Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.

Perhaps no other year before or since 1984 has been awaited with such eager anticipation.

Moses Kaldor had always loved mountains; they made him feel nearer to the God whose nonexistence he still sometimes resented.