"Accelerometrics is a cool new discipline. Newton and Galileo would love it."

“Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children.”

“It's an artist's right to rebel against the world's stupidity.”

“Usually, I end up being the frumpy or mentally challenged or in 'Reasons to Be Pretty', regular. Or a weirdo. I play a lot of weirdos.”

“We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun.”

Source : "Zen Miracles : Finding Peace in an Insane World" by Brenda Shoshanna, (p. 80), 2002.

“I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.”

Source : "Ex-Astronaut Recalls Thrill of 1st U.S. Space Flight" by Marcia Dunn, The Deseret News, p. A, May 01, 1991.

“It's that we're experiencing emotion through photo-real apes, and that's really holding a mirror up to who we are. It's interesting, because as we're showing the movie now, we're getting a lot of response about things [people] think are very topical. And the intention is never to approach it from the outside-in, which is to say, "Ah, this is going on, let's draw that in."”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com

“Microsoft knows that reliable software is not cost effective. According to studies, 90% to 95% of all bugs are harmless. They're never discovered by users, and they don't affect performance. It's much cheaper to release buggy software and fix the 5% to 10% of bugs people find and complain about.”

“My writing derived from the conviction I conceived during my college years: one should lead one's life as if one were the protagonist of an epic novel, with the outcome predetermined and chapter after chapter of edifying, traumatic, and exhilarating events to be suffered through. Since the end is known in advance, one must try to experience as much as possible in the brief time allotted. Writing is a way of ensuring that you pay enough attention along the way to understand what you see.”