For solving a surprisingly large and varied number of problems, crowds are smarter than individuals.

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.

No matter what you think of me, I'm part of your thoughts. Even if you hate me, I'll live in your mind forever.

i am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me. those seem to be the two choices. everything else is just killing time

All times are treasure-able.

Just because The Past always hung there upon its hooks on the game-room wall, you didn't have to pull it down and use it on yourself.

...your life is your sermon...Are you a good translation?

the smile you give is the smile you get back.

Without organization and leadership toward a realistic goal, there is no chance of realizing more than a small percentage of your potential.

I have Russian, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Ethiopian blood in my veins.

When Jared smiled, his teeth were stained with fresh scarlet. "Don't you hate me?" he demanded. "I'd hate me." "You just tried to drown yourself," Ash said. "You seem to hate yourself plenty already.

Not an angel of the air, Bird melodious or bird fair, Be absent hence!