Malcolm: A karate master does not kill people with his bare hands. He does not lose his temper and kill his wife. The person who kills is the person who has no discipline, no restraint, and who has purchased his power in the form of a Saturday night special. And that is why you think that to build a place like this is simple. Hammond: It was simple. Malcolm: Then why did it go wrong?

We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.

False fears are a plague, a modern plague!

Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet.

It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important.

It is especially difficult for modern people to conceive that our modern, scientific age might not be an improvement over the prescientific period.

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.