Just in the nick of time they realized that it was their own habitat they were wrecking -- that they weren't merely visitors.

It's an astonishing skill that people can read, and read well. Very few people can read well. For instance, I have to be very careful with irony, saying something while meaning the exact opposite.

Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan.

Make war not on terrorism but on ignorance, on sickness and on environmental degradation.

- Why me? - That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr. Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you ever seen bugs trapped in amber? - Yes. - Well, here we are, Mr. Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why.

Jokes have to be quite naked to be understood. They have to be quite simple.

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.