Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance.

Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?

Theories are not so much wrong as incomplete

Many adults, whether consciously or unconsciously, find it beneath their adult dignity to do anything as childish as read a book, think a thought, or get an idea. Adults are rarely embarrased at having forgotten what little algebra or geography they once learned

If you're born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.