The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide.

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am.

We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more significant characteristic of our kind.

Sometimes women scare the hell out of me.

When you have a strongly held belief, don't you think it's important to express that belief accurately?

Increasingly, the mathematics will demand the courage to face its implications.

In other centuries, human beings wanted to be saved, or improved, or freed, or educated. But in our century, they want to be entertained. The great fear is not of disease or death, but of boredom. A sense of time on our hands, a sense of nothing to do. A sense that we are not amused.