A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory.

The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth?

Study nature not books

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money

The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world.

Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.

It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.

I sometimes hear preachers speak of the sad condition of men who live without God in the world, but a scientist who lives without God in the world seems to me worse off than ordinary men.

Might-have-been are insidious, aren't they, in the way they don't ever quite lie still or go away.

Robots will harvest, cook, and serve our food. They will work in our factories, drive our cars, and walk our dogs. Like it or not, the age of work is coming to an end.

Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.

Man was not intended by nature to live in communities and be civilized.

Our party has known great, great days. But we have no God-given right to survive, let alone to succeed.

Competitiveness is a personality thing and competitive people don't become pushovers the day they turn fifty.

You can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands.

We shouldn't be afraid to fail- if we are not failing we are not pushing.

The best design tool is a long eraser with a pencil at one end.

Grant others the same rights as you claim for yourself.