Even the development of the steam engine owed but little to the advancement of science.

Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Just like a turtle, we only make progress if we stick our neck out.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

Education is what is left after all that has been learnt is forgotten.

... scientific research is compounded of ... empirical procedures, general speculative ideas, and mathematical or abstract reasoning.

Democracy is a small hard core of common agreement, surrounded by a rich variety of individual differences.

A Harvard education consists of what you learn at Harvard while you are not studying.

Science advances, not by the accumulation of new facts, but by the continuous development of new concepts.

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

He who enters a university walks on hallowed ground.

At the end of the day, you control your happiness at peace.

The soldiers in Iraq are fighting, suffering and dying . . . anonymously and pointlessly, while the rest of us are free to buckle ourselves into the family vehicle and head off to the malls and shop.

One thing nobody can do better than you is be you.

It really helps a comedian to be an outsider.

I knew that I wanted to meet girls, so I joined a fraternity, and I did yoga.

Regardless of whether or not you belong to a majority religion, in the United States you may not impose your theology on civil law.

Electoral reforms are necessary if India has to be rid of black money.

Having a comic in the White House will assure stability in foreign relations. The world will continue to respond to foreign initiatives by saying, 'You must be joking.'

I was a gymnast for twelve or thirteen years. Then I got into surfing and now I paddle board and hike and do whatever I can. I think it's my love of the outdoors.

Eleven years is a great length of time to prepare a movie, it would be wonderful to have 11 years of funded preparation.