Nature laughs at the difficulties of integration.

All the effects of Nature are only the mathematical consequences of a small number of immutable laws.

Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.

To Napoleon on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God: Your Highness, I have no need of this hypothesis.

Truth and justice are the immutable laws of social order.

What we know is not much. What we do not know is immense.

His last words, according to De Morgan: Man follows only phantoms.

The most important questions of life are indeed, for the most part, really only problems of probability.

What we know is not much. What we don't know is enormous.

The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.

Do you believe in god? I have no need for that hypothesis, he may be around though.

Be real. Embrace that you have weakness. Because everyone does. Embrace that your body is not perfect. Because nobody’s is. Embrace that you have things you can’t control. We all have a list of them.

It's our money, and we're free to spend it any way we please.

A road-wise folkie with a bluesy soul reminiscent of early Michelle Shocked, Melissa Crabtree is an original storyteller and performer not to be missed.

The more equally attractive two alternatives seem, the harder it can be to choose between them - no matter that, to the same degree, the choice can only matter less.

Don't play dead with a vulture. That's exactly what they want.

There's a cure for aging that no one talks about. It's called learning.

Racism is a grown-up disease and we must stop using our children to spread it.

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.

Repose is as necessary in conversation as in a picture.

With the two of us chatting and contemplating our worries together, I think we have grown really close.