True literacy is becoming an arcane art, and the nation is steadily "dumbing down."

A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. [The Second Law of Robotics]

It is remarkable, Hardin, how the religion of science has grabbed hold.

Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith.

Maybe happiness is this: not feeling like you should be elsewhere, doing something else, being someone else.

One of Walt Whitman's best-known poems is this one: When I heard the learn'd astronomer,.... The trouble is, Whitman is talking through his hat, but the poor soul didn't know any better

I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.