You mean am I for it or against it? You think this is a key question I'm going to be asked on Vega, and you want to make sure I give the right answer? Okay. Overpopulation is why I'm in favor of homosexuality and a celibate clergy. A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.

Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.

The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.

Scientists make mistakes. Accordingly, it is the job of the scientist to recognize our weakness, to examine the widest range of opinions, to be ruthlessly self-critical. Science is a collective enterprise with the error-correction machinery often running smoothly.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.