"The syntactical nature of reality, the real secret of magic, is that the world is made of words. And if you know the words that the world is made of, you can make of it whatever you wish."

"Culture is not your friend."

"The truth is out there, and it's stranger than you can imagine."

"The only way to make sense of the world is to participate in it."

"You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas."