Experimentation is the least arrogant method of gaining knowledge. The experimenter humbly asks a question of nature.

It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition.

There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven.

Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income.

Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.

There are no nations! There is only humanity. And if we don't come to understand that right soon, there will be no nations, because there will be no humanity.

Many a prophecy, by the mere force of its being believed, is transmuted to fact.