A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above all it must be consulted.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy and support so essential to its progress.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.

Basic scientific research is scientific capital.

Publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.

Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.

The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it.

If you believe, you will begin to see signs and wonders.

God put us here to prepare this place for the next generation. That's our job. Raising children and helping the community, that's preparing for the next generation.

I've had a lot of experience building things, organizing things, a national scholarship program.

I oscillate between agnosticism and atheism.

There's so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the streets?

Many people associate stage fright with a fear of looking ridiculous, making a bad impression. For me, it's like a kind of fever.

Our mothers who have gone are buried in our bodies. It can be said that we were born with dead mothers in our body.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

It is strange, but true, that the most important turning-points of life often come at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected ways.

I was actually thinking about starting like an app where you can watch videos of me carrying Daniel [Radcliffe in Swiss Army Man].