Absolute morality leads logically to absolute intolerance.

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.

The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.

Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.

Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.

In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin.

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

A woman in Germany gave birth to a 13 1/2 pound baby. That baby was so fat his first word was strudel.

The process is not simply of constructing a new tonal from scratch, but reordering the one you have.

Notoriety is cheap. It's just easier to get noticed by doing something bad.

Western civilization is based upon the libertarian principle, and all its achievements are the results of the action of free men.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

I didn't study acting.

Even at this late date, I go into my studio, and I think 'Is this going to be it? Is it the end?' You see, nearly everything terrorizes me. When an artist loses that terror, he's through.

Common-sense knowledge is prompt, categorical, and inexact.

This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful.

I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.