A theorist today is hardly considered respectable if he or she has not introduced at least one new particle for which there is no experimental evidence.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never again have to look up the word "hermeneutics" in the dictionary.

It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!

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

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.

Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition

The whole history of the last thousands of years has been a history of religious persecutions and wars, pogroms, jihads, crusades. I find it all very regrettable, to say the least.

If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern for us. To me it would seem impolite if not impious to bother such a God with our prayers.

When you try hard to find happiness for other, you will unknowingly find yourself on the island of happiness.

I've always been lucky enough to just play tennis, so I never actually had a job when I was growing up.

Holly's theory about the army," Sharon explained. And what is it?" Denise asked, intrigued. Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

Why were a few, or a single one, made at all, if only to exist in order to be made eternally miserable, which is infinitely worse than non-existence?

Whatever you can rightly say about India, the opposite is also true.

To connect with people, be yourself, at your best.

Some issues stay fresh every time you open them up. It's like evil magical Tupperware -- it stays fresh forever.

I was a total sci-fi geek. Star Wars was my ultimate favorite.

He never lets go of Annie's hand. Not when they walk, not when they eat. I doubt he ever plans to.

It was the eyes. The secret of love was in the eyes. The way one person looked at another, the way eyes communicated and spoke when the lips never moved.