Nature is so varied in its modes of action, so multiple in the manisftations of its power, that we have no night to set any limits to its capabilities.

Men have had the vanity to pretend that the whole creation was made for them, while in reality the whole creation does not suspect their existence.

If the existence of human beings leads to nothing, what is all this comedy about?

There are men who would be afraid to commit themselves on the doctrine that castor oil is a laxative.

What, then, is this blue sky, which certainly does exist, and which veils from us the stars during the day?

The present inhabitation of Mars be a race superior to ours is very probable.

Lightning seems a thought, which instead of being attached to a brain, is attached to an electric current.

The supernatural does not exist.

Le Verrier-without leaving his study, without even looking at the sky-had found the unknown planet [Neptune] solely by mathematical calculation, and, as it were, touched it with the tip of his pen!

Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other.

A ‘biomass’ man reaction comes from reflexes and instinct

I dwell on God's blessings.

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument.

I would like to be able to gently drift in and out of existence when I wanted to.

Such a letter was not to be soon recovered from. . . . Every moment rather brought fresh agitation. It was an overpowering happiness.

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.

The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be.

Family life is a daily struggle to turn love into happiness.

Familiarity can no longer be a necessary condition for trust.

The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with.