My only master, my only mistress are the facts and the evidence. So if I reach a conclusion, it's only because the evidence took me there.

There's no immortality of the soul that you can infer from the Bible.

I'm sure it's very obvious . . . how upset I am with incompetence and the lack of common sense in life. If I can sum up the reason . . . it's that these characteristics are not benign. They are responsible for much, if not most, of the great problems, misery, and injustice in the world.

When I do form an opinion, I'm very aggressive about it. But I don't form that opinion until I've done a tremendous amount of work.

In the [John F.] Kennedy case, I believe the absence of a conspiracy can be proved to a virtual certainty.

And I believe the truth is mighty, and shines by its own light.

I may have implied on several occasions to several different people that I may have been Jesus Christ, but I haven't decided yet what I am or who I am.