"I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I want him out." [on why he will not campaign for political candidates, quoted in The Boston Globe, Aug. 1, 2004] "In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in 12 years, we'll be voting for plants."