Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

Science is an enterprise that can only flourish if it puts the truth ahead of nationality, ethnicity, class and color.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.

How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?

The idea isn't to do the impossible. The idea is to show the world that if one man can do the impossible, then maybe the rest of the world can do what's possible.

I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.

Getting back into the action genre is like going back home. It's great.

A recurring theme in the literature of secular humanism is the harsh assault upon traditional religion, especially Christianity.

The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.

Really, I just love doing comedy. Any form it takes is great, as long as I can keep doing it, you know? If I can do my show and 'The League' while also getting to do other bits, that's awesome.

When people pay to see you live, they connect with you on a much deeper level than people who just buy your records.

I'm not complicated at all. I say raps that your two-year-old son can learn.

I just believe if you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer? That's just me talking. You can believe what you want to believe.