I have never yet met a healthy person who worried very much about his health, or a really good person who worried much about his own soul.
John B. S. HaldaneEinstein - the greatest Jew since Jesus. I have no doubt that Einstein's name will still be remembered and revered when Lloyd George, Foch and William Hohenzollern share with Charlie Chaplin that ineluctable oblivion which awaits the uncreative mind.
John B. S. HaldaneI will give up my belief in evolution if someone finds a fossil rabbit in the Precambrian.
John B. S. HaldaneThere is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.
John B. S. HaldaneA discussion between Haldane and a friend began to take a predictable turn. The friend said with a sigh, 'It's no use going on. I know what you will say next, and I know what you will do next.' The distinguished scientist promptly sat down on the floor, turned two back somersaults, and returned to his seat. 'There,' he said with a smile. 'That's to prove that you're not always right.'
John B. S. Haldane