Gin a body meet a body Flyin' through the air, Gin a body hit a body, Will it fly? and where?

In Science, it is when we take some interest in the great discoverers and their lives that it becomes endurable, and only when we begin to trace the development of ideas that it becomes fascinating.

I have looked into most philosophical systems and I have seen that none will work without God.

The true Logic for this world is the Calculus of Probabilities, which takes account of the magnitude of the probability.

Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.

In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining data.

The only laws of matter are those that our minds must fabricate and the only laws of mind are fabricated for it by matter.

Faraday is, and must always remain, the father of that enlarged science of electromagnetism.

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express.

All the mathematical sciences are founded on relations between physical laws and laws of numbers.

It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state.

He can't give you a future.""I know. Because I make my own future.

One of the problems with not having gratitude in life is that heaven and earth could be given to one, yet one would still be unhappy.

People need to learn how to take the role of leader out of God's hands.

It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgements.

Science has explained nothing the more we know the more fantastic the world becomes and the profounder the surrounding darkness.

My mom wasn't a movie star.

It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.

The value you receive from reflective thinking will depend on the kinds of questions you ask yourself.

For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do.

Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey.