Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore or library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by a powerful desire to read all the books, one by one.

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.

If such a thing had happened once, it must surely have happened many times in this galaxy of a hundred billion suns.

It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.

There is the possibility that humankind can outgrow its infantile tendencies, as I suggested in 'Childhood's End.' But it is amazing how childishly gullible humans are.

Good morning, doctors. I have taken the liberty of removing Windows 95 from my hard drive.

Death focuses the mind on the things that really matter: why are we here, and what should we do?