Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.

The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.

The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.

Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.

True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain.

It occurred to me then that the man might not be mad

I am attracted to certain types of people: the outrageous, outstanding and the one's pegged as odd. The 3 O's remind me not to be ordinary.

Everyone thinks they're living in end times. Everyone thinks their life is meaningless. It makes vanity easy.

Art without knowledge is nothing!

Meredith Baxter Birney gets beaten by a rod, in the Lifetime Original, Rod.

My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.

I would insist that poetry is a normal human activity and its proper concern all the things that happen to people.

Sometimes love's not enough. And if it's not enough, what good is it ?

Hysteria is a natural phenomenon, the common denominator of the female nature. It's the female weapon and the test of a man is his ability to cope with it.

I think spectators and fans are very important. Darts players would be nowhere without them.