No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.

They would have been very let down if they had to leave the theater and he had missed. He would feel badly. Everyone would feel badly. But he never let them down.

Science is a search for basic truths about the Universe, a search which develops statements that appear to describe how the Universe works, but which are subject to correction, revision, adjustment, or even outright rejection, upon the presentation of better or conflicting evidence.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Blind belief can be comforting, but it can easily cripple reason and productivity, and stop intellectual progress.

The market for nonsense is infinite.

A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead.