The market for nonsense is infinite.

A lot of people hate my skepticism, and I think I understand why. The psychics offer wonders and endless possibilities in a world that often seems difficult and mundane. They promise health, wealth, wisdom, eternal life. But if you examine the record, it's not the psychics but the hard-nosed scientists who have actually delivered the things that improve human life. And, to me, science describes a world far more interesting than any psychic fantasy. It's a good world -- not perfect -- but it's ours. So we'd better learn to live with it, the way it is.

The conjuror or con man is a very good provider of information. He supplies lots of data, by inference or direct statement, but it's false data. Scientists aren't used to that scenario. An electron or a galaxy is not capricious, nor deceptive; but a human can be either or both.

Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand.

To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.

I want to be cremated, and I want my ashes blown in Uri Geller's eyes.

We have fought long and hard to escape from medieval superstition. I, for one, do not wish to go back.