Any possible universe could be explained as the work of some sort of designer. Even a universe that is completely chaotic...could be supposed to have been designed by an idiot.

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.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.

Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.

Was it the same light that enchanted the first photographers? It is the same, and it is still brand new - it is something that never wears out.

We need a universally accepted definition of reserves reporting.

Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.

Learning is not easy, but hard; culture is severe. The steps to Parnassus are steep and terribly arduous.

When Yoko [Ono] and I got married, we got terrible racialist letters - you know, warning me that she would slit my throat. Those mainly came from Army people living in Aldershot. Officers.

The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think.

No problem, I'll get a penguin to show us