You cannot question an assumption you do not know you have made.

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

I call intuition cosmic fishing. You feel a nibble, then you've got to hook the fish.

We are here as local information harvesters, local problem-solvers in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe. The fact that we get away from physical problems doesn't mean we go away from problems. The problems are really rarely physical.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren't true. It's always better with the truth.