First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?

Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children.

My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I’m agnostic.

.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the 'Momentary' masters of a 'Fraction' of a 'Dot'

Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error. . . .

The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism to rabid nationalist fervor, are beginning not to work.