It's not easy to cut through a human head with a hacksaw.

I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

They are focused on whether they can do something. They never think whether they should do something.

In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.

The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.

It's not easy to cut through a human head with a hacksaw.

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled.

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.

Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had.

Readers probably haven't heard much about it yet, but they will. Quantum technology turns ordinary reality upside down.

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

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.

Human beings never think for themselves; they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told - and become upset if they are exposed to any different view.

I want a news service that tells me what no one knows but is true nonetheless.

The American media produce a product of very poor quality. Its information is not reliable, it has too much chrome and glitz, its doors rattle, it breaks down almost immediately, and it's sold without warranty. It's flashy, but it's basically junk.

The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.'

We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon.

Discovery they believe is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. Thats the game in science.

Discovery is always rape of the natural world. Always.

We need to get environmentalism out of the sphere of religion. We need to stop the mythic fantasies and we need to stop the doomsday predictions. We need to start doing hard science instead.

And entertainment has nothing to do with reality. Entertainment is antithetical to reality.

Harassment is about power the undue exercise of power by a superior over a subordinate.

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

Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.

Raising children is, in a sense, the reason the society exists in the first place. It's the most important thing that happens, and it's the culmination of all the tools and language and social structure that has evolved.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

Nobody really thought I was going to make it, because I was a musician. I really wasn't a singer.

I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.

Everywhere, people are beginning to question masculine notions of control, aggression and black-and-white thinking - and instead are favoring more empathetic, nurturing and collaborative approaches.

Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.

You might think that shifting your thoughts is as easy as setting your mind to it. But stressful thoughts aren't held in place through choice or will power. They're held in place through perceived truth value.

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.

What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

Common sense is an instinct given to man and enough of it is genius. Smartness is measured by the level of common sense one has not by how much educated or knowledgeable he is.

I wrote in the 'War of Art' that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.

A Clock is not time its numbers and springs. Pay it no mind.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

I suppose I would like to be remembered as one of the funniest men that people have seen on television.

Personally I'm obsessive-compulsive about the placement and cleanliness of my things.

I've learned that 'love' is used a lot in the States for everything: 'I love that burger,' 'I love my shoes,' 'I love a friend.' To me, if it's overused, it loses meaning.

Presidential coverage used to be a very serious endeavor.

I'm a phys ed major: that's ballroom dancing and handball.

I don’t think it’s real unless you put it on an LP. CDs aren’t real. Anybody can do that.

I am a sepoy and will follow the guidance of my leaders.

The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.

It's interesting to note that all revolutionary literature was written by pastors. These guys were involved in a revolution against the mightiest power that the world had ever seen.