The essence of being human is being creative.

It is time to rekindle the spirit of the Renaissancee to achieve a golden age that will be a turning point for human productivity and quality of life.

If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam.

Humankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history.

The only reason Toronto is no longer the dullest city on earth is that it is no longer full of Anglo-Canadians. It is full of Hong Kong Chinese. And not a few Italians.