Human life is the result of a glorious evolutionary accident.

The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in the fossil record. It is gradualism that we must reject, not Darwinism.

A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.

Pictures are not incidental frills to a text; they are essences of our distinctive way of knowing.

Current utility and historical origin are different subjects.

As in 1925, creationists are not battling for religion. They have been disowned by leading church men of all persuasions, for they debase religion even more than they misconstrue science. They are a motley collection to be sure, but their core of practical support lies with the evangelical right, and creationism is a mere stalking horse or subsidiary issue in a political program...The enemy is not fundamentalism; it is intolerance. In this case, the intolerance is perverse since it masquerades under the 'liberal' rhetoric of 'equal time'.

A lot of scientists hate writing. Most scientists love being in the lab and doing the work and when the work is done, they are finished.