The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

It is quite possible that we can do greater things than Jesus, for what is written in the Bible about him is poetically embellished.

The words of language, as they are written or spoken, do not seem to play any role in my mechanism of thought. The physical entities which seem to serve as elements in thought are certain signs and more or less clear images.

In quitting this strange world he has once again preceded me by a little. That doesn't mean anything. For those of us who believe in physics, this separation between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however tenacious.

In my view, it is the most important function of art and science to awaken this feeling and keep it alive in those who are capable of it.

When I'm judging a theory, I ask myself whether, if I were God, I would have arranged the world in such a way.