But the characteristic that is truly special about our species...[is] our ability to model our world and understand both it and where we fit into its overall scheme....

[T]hese leaders must not believe they are actually being watched, for their behavior in no way reflects the possible existence of a set of values or ethical laws that supersedes their own dominion.

A fancy comes to me--that desire can never attain its object--it need never attain it.

I'm working from the assumption it's going to go horribly wrong. If we get out of here with limbs intact and no aspen slivers in uncomfortable places, we're calling it a win."Merit/Jonah

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.

I have been a fan all my life, but now I have been out of football for over 10 years, and out of baseball for a little over six years and I don't go to games.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved.

Explain to me again the difference between superstitious beliefs or pagan incantations, and scientific ones. Be braver - you cannot cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Never apologize, it's all part of the trick.

I always tell the kids that excellence is like pregnancy. You can't be a little bit pregnant. You either are or you're not.

I have no plan to retire anytime soon, although remember I am 50 years old!