"I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously."

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

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

"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."

"See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that."

"The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79."

"After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life."

"Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night."

"It is better to live rich than to die rich."

"MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees."

"That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise."

"My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle."