Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right.

Waiting is so unusual that many of us can't stand in a queue for 30 seconds without getting out our phones to check for messages or to Google something.

The greatest moral failing is to condemn something as a moral failing: no vice is worse than being judgmental.

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive.

You don't choose what you believe moment to moment, but choices you have made do shape what you come to believe.

Economics is uncertain because its fundamental subject matter is not money but human action. That's why economics is not the dismal science, it's no science at all.

Being able and willing to complain is what makes us rational and moral animals, capable of seeing and articulating the difference between how things are and how they should be.

Love is indeed at root the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.

It may not have the virtuous ring of the golden rule, but the maxim "never say never" is one of the most important in ethics.

Dover's cliffs call to mind the Roman invasion; the Battle of Britain; our proximity to, yet difference from, mainland Europe; and international trade and exploration, both fair and exploitative.

Everyone has moments of weakness. But that doesn't make you weak.

I gladly sacrifice pear-shaped tones in favor of down-to-earth emotion.

As long as one can think as an outsider, an observer apart from the conflict, there is hope for a resolving thought.

An intelligence that is not humane is the most dangerous thing in the world .

Bosons love to come together; fermions can't stand each other

I don't work well outside the lines; my report card once read, "doesn't play well with others."

If you're good at something, never do it for free.

Don’t be afraid to speak from personal experience; in many ways, those vulnerable moments will be the key that unlocks a hardened heart.

No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

Myrnin:I could murder a cheeseburger right now Oliver:focus ya fool