If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.

I will jump into the river to save two brothers or eight cousins.

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

I think, however, that so long as our present economic and national systems continue, scientific research has little to fear.

Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.

I do not believe in the commercial possibility of induced radioactivity.