I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.

The lack of understanding of something is not evidence for God. It's evidence of a lack of understanding.

The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it.

I like to say that while antimatter may seem strange, it is strange in the sense that Belgians are strange. They are not really strange; it is just that one rarely meets them.

Without science, everything is a miracle.

As a scientist, I don't believe anything. Science shouldn't use the word belief. There are things more likely and less likely. Science can say nothing with absolute certainty.

[The writers of the holy books] did not even know the earth revolves around the sun. Why are we listening?

Forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.

Keeping religion immune from criticism is both unwarranted and dangerous.

Whatever the evolutionary basis of religion, the xenophobia it now generates is clearly maladaptive.

It is a shame when nonsense can substitute for fact with impunity.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell

The world is not full of crazy ninja perfume ladies!

Ummmm hi" and my broken heart twitches in an attempt to start beating again

The truth that I am seeking is in your missing file.

I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.

By the time I got kicked out of school, I had nothing else to do but rap.

There's not a European country the Jews haven't been thrown out of. When it happens that many times, it's not just persecution. THERE'S NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE.

Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.

What advice do I tell my grandson? I listen to him.

Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots.