"... science and speculation pass into mystery at last."

“The chief difficulty is that God demands of us that we live by faith: faith in God, God's sovereignty over the future, God's sufficiency for the present; while, on the other hand, the various other gods whom we can serve appeal to us in terms of the things which we can see and the forces which we can calculate. The choice between the life of faith and the life of sight is a choice between a God whom only faith can apprehend and gods whom one has only to see to understand.”

“What does 'happy' mean? Happiness is not a state like Vermont.”

“I briefly considered doing Edgar Allan Poe and just swearing a lot.”

Source : "Q+A: Andy Richter's Secret to Happiness". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. March 13, 2012.

“I want to be cutting-edge.”

“Your mind is right now filled with old thoughts. Not only old thoughts, but mostly someone else’s old thoughts. It’s important now, it’s time now, to change your mind about some things. This is what evolution is all about.”

“Science is a way of life which can only flourish when men are free to have faith.”

“I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.”

“Dogs are easier to love than people; they're certainly more dependable. Once they love you, that's it. A true friend in life is a dog.”