I do not mind at all that Newton is not a Cartesian provided he does not offer us suppositions like that of attraction.

I do not believe anything very certainly, but everything very probably.

The world is my country. Science my religion.

It is surrounded by a thin flat ring, inclined to the ecliptic, and nowhere touches the body of the planet.

One may conceive light to spread successively, by spherical waves.

There are many degrees of Probable, some nearer Truth than others, in the determining of which lies the chief exercise of our Judgment.

It's evident God had no design to make a particular Enumeration in the Holy Scriptures, of all the Works of his Creation.

What a wonderful and amazing Scheme have we here of the magnificent Vastness of the Universe! So many Suns, so many Earths.

The rest of the planets have their dress and furniture, nay and their inhabitants too, as well as this Earth of ours.

Here we may mount from this dull Earth, and viewing it from on high, consider whether Nature has laid out all her Cost and Finery upon this small Speck of Dirt.

I had not thought of this regular decrease of gravity, namely that it is as the inverse square of the distance; this is a new and highly remarkable property of gravity.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James 1st James 2nd and the Old Pretender.

I can't watch TV longer than five minutes without praying for nuclear holocaust.

A hero in one age will be a hero in another.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved.

Elena?" "Yes, unless Nick found a woman in the forest, which I suppose wouldn't be too surprising.

Courage is the facing of a challenge with a healthy fear, not being fearless.

False shame only is harmful.

Generally I wouldn't accept work on projects where I didn't agree with the sensibilities behind the main character.

Her life was like a burst of wild, flowing Chinese calligraphy, written under the influence of alcohol.