True literacy is becoming an arcane art, and the nation is steadily "dumbing down."

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

There is no merit to discipline under ideal circumstances. I must have it in the face of death or it is worthless.

They won't listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don't want the truth; they want their traditions.

My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn't worth discussing.

Scientists derive satisfaction from figuring out the puzzle. It's about the quest, not the grail.

Grip the nettle firmly and it will become a stick with which to beat your enemy.