They had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed.

Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests.

Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.

Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral.

Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the religion which Chance has given you has contributed to your peace of mind (and often, as Western medical science now reluctantly admits, to your physical well-being). Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be sane and happy. Whether our descendants can achieve that goal will be the greatest challenge of the future. Indeed, it may well decide whether we have any future.

No communication technology has ever disappeared, but instead becomes increasingly less important as the technological horizon widens.

Floyd could imagine a dozen things that could go wrong; it was little consolation that it was always the thirteenth that actually happened.