Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it's just thoughtful inquiry.

Maybe those nihilist philosophers are right; maybe this is all we can expect of the universe, a relentless crushing of life and spirit, because the equilibrium state of the cosmos is death.

A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart

A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else.

Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.

Even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunsets.

If you pay peanuts, you wind up hiring monkeys.