You know what's wrong with scientific power? It's a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.

Nobody is driven by abstractions like 'seeking truth.

Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.

All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell you will be wrong.

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

...scientific power is like inherited wealth: attained without discipline. You read what others have done, and you take the next step. You can do it very young...there is no mastery, old scientists are ignored. There is no humility before nature...Its a form of inherited wealth. And you know what assholes congenitally rich people are.

Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!