In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.

I thought scientists were going to find out exactly how everything worked, and then make it work better.

We were German-Americans in a British colony, so we were outsiders.

Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible.

Those who live by electronics die by electronics. Sic semper tyrannis.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

Just because you can read, write and do a little math, doesn't mean that you're entitled to conquer the universe.