Postulates are based on assumption and adhered to by faith. Nothing in the Universe can shake them.

There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.

There is as yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer.

Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach.

Working ten hour days allows you to fall behind twice as fast as you could working five hour days.

University President: Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment? Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers . . . and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn't even ask for erasers.

Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.