“I think we built the right future. If it's a choice between the flying...” — David Gerrold Quote

“I think we built the right future. If it's a choice between the flying car or the Internet, tablets and smartphones, I'll take what we've got.”

“'The Next Generation' was a lot of fun for a while, and then it wasn't a lot of fun. The reason it wasn't a lot of fun was that this one was going to be a guaranteed hit. The original 'Star Trek' was never a guaranteed hit.”

“I won't even try to predict the specifics, but I think the ebook - as a medium - could be a game-changer.”

“My family and I live in a wing of a Georgian mansion in East Sussex, which was built in the 1780s and fell into disrepair. It was rescued in the Seventies and carved into six terrace houses.”

“They say the Pharaohs built the pyramids Do you think one Pharaoh dropped one bead of sweat? We built the pyramids for the Pharaohs and we're building for them yet.”

“We were the first state in America to open our doors to publicly supported higher education. We had the foresight to create the Research Triangle Park. And through the efforts and sacrifices of all our citizens, we have built a state where anyone would be glad to raise a family.”