No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind pitiless indifference.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

Sanity is a madness put to good uses.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.

An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike.

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.

You are like my little dog; when people see you, they know I am nearby.

You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Humility is attentive patience.

The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching.