The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.

When one has to ask, "Am I really in love?" the answer is always "No".

I sometimes think that the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic.

I'm surprised at some technological development, and the realization that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I think the CD-ROM is the best example of that. The idea of having a whole symphony, or opera, or novel in a little piece of plastic is pretty amazing.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in enforcing good behavior on primitive peoples, their association is now counterproductive. Yet at the very moment when they should be decoupled, sanctimonious nitwits are calling for a return to morals based on superstition.