Our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we do not take them seriously enough.

Science doesn't make it impossible to believe in God, it just makes it possible not to believe in God

Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we're so interested in them.

Any possible universe could be explained as the work of some sort of designer. Even a universe that is completely chaotic...could be supposed to have been designed by an idiot.

If there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself. Men and women are not content to comfort themselves with tales of gods and giants, or to confine their thoughts to the daily affairs of life; they also build telescopes and satellites and accelerators and sit at their desks for endless hours working out the meaning of the data they gather.

The more we refine our understanding of God to make the concept plausible, the more it seems pointless.

[C]reationists [and] other religious enthusiasts [are], in many parts of the world ..., the most dangerous adversaries of science.