"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea."

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

"Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast."

"There is an art, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

"She is the least benightedly unintelligent organic lifeform it has ever been my distinct lack of pleasure not to have been able to avoid meeting."

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."

"Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work."

"The ancestor of every action is a thought."

"What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to."

"If you really do put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price."

"People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future."

"When you go into court, you're putting your fate in the hands of 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty."