I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

There is no better high than discovery.

People would rather believe than know.

Very often ambition and entrepreneurial drive, in combination, beat brilliance.

They travel long distances to stroll along the seashore, for reasons they can't put into words.

Human beings were made for music. Its thrill and rapture are picked up almost immediately by little children

The best way to live in this real world is to free ourselves of demons and tribal gods.

[Scientific humanism is] the only worldview compatible with science's growing knowledge of the real world and the laws of nature.

Social intelligence was therefore always at a high premium. A sharp sense of empathy can make a huge difference, and with it in an ability to manipulate, to gain cooperation, and to deceive.

[E]very major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.

He's a contradiction and that's why he's so perfect.

Ever let the Fancy roam Pleasure never is at home.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

I've been doing makeovers on TV for years and years and years. It's something I really know how to do. I also know personally what it's like to not feel good about yourself.

Now, there's no use crying over spoiled milk.

I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.

I grew up in Ohio, and I was a musicologist since I was little; it is all that I would ever read.

We should focus on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked. Just as we don't have a nine-to-five policy, we don't need a vacation policy.

It almost seems that if you can describe it, you can change it.

When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.