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

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

The whole world might know you and acclaim you, but someone in the past, forever unreachable, forever unknowing, spoils it all.

The easiest way to solve a problem is to deny it exists.

It’s a poor atom blaster that won’t point both ways.

All of a sudden, space isn't friendly. All of a sudden, it's a place where people can die. . . . Many more people are going to die. But we can't explore space if the requirement is that there be no casualties; we can't do anything if the requirement is that there be no casualties.

I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus you don't have to waste your time in either attacking or defending.