A genius is a man who has two great ideas.

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding

Dissent is the mark of freedom.

One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable.

We tried not to smile, for smiling only encourages men to bore you and waste your time.

I am not a patient person. My friends and colleagues will confirm this. But, frankly, we should all feel a little more impatient with the state of public education in America today.

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.

Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good as the last.

We all know people who are ridiculously famous, and it's a scary thing because all of the sudden people - even the people you are close to - stop being honest with you, stop telling you the truth.

The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus.

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

In a way, every parent is sort of dependent on the benevolence of the society around them to take care of their children.

Ganguly is a very good leader. His return to the field brings a spring in the steps of the Indians. He is a great player.

It is not easy writing someone a postcard. The size and shape of the card cut you down to size.