My God, the religious right will not acknowledge what a merciful person Jesus was.

Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas.

That specific remedy for the worldwide epidemic of depression is a gift called the blues.

The people who taught really knew their stuff. My chemistry teacher, Frank Wade, was actually a chemist. I was so lucky in a number of ways.

We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.

The most heartbreakingly beautiful girl I ever hope to see

Bill Gates says, 'Wait till you can see what your computer can become.' But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work-not the damn fool computer.