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

Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

Grip the nettle firmly and it will become a stick with which to beat your enemy.

Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast as you could working five hour days.

The appearance of strength is all about you. It would seem to last forever. However... the rotten tree-trunk, until the very moment when the storm-blast breaks it in two, has all the appearance of might it ever had. The storm-blast whistles through the branches of the Empire even now. Listen... and you will hear the creaking.

Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact.