It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.' But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?

[O]ur statesmen, our businessmen, our everyman must take on a science fictional way of thinking.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

It’s a poor atom blaster that won’t point both ways.

Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn't matter if someone dies.

Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.

There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. -(from "The Bicentennial Man) story)