No one can resist the idea of a crippled genius.

All that my work has shown is that you don't have to say that the way the universe began was the personal whim of God.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Some individuals are better able than others to draw the right conclusions about the world about them and act accordingly. These individuals will be more likely to survive and reproduce so their pattern of behaviour and thought will become dominant

One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.

The progress of the human race in understanding the universe has established a small corner of order in an increasingly disordered universe.

The intelligent beings in these regions should therefore not be surprised if they observe that their locality in the universe satisfies the conditions that are necessary for their existence. It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty.