No man of science wants merely to know. He acquires knowledge to appease his passion for discovery. He does not discover in order to know, he knows in order to discover.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

There are no whole truths: All truths are half-truths.

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.

Religion is the last refuge of human savagery.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

...the self-satisfied dogmatism with which mankind at each period of its history cherishes the delusion of the finality of existing modes of knowledge.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Symbolism is no mere idle fancy or corrupt degeneration: it is inherent in the very texture of human life.

Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

Guy's a psychopath,even by vampire standards. And that's saying something.

I just feel passionately about the horses and I will until it's no longer a tradition in New York.

I'm on a higher plane with brain with a flame, feel the fire, desire the same.

'Friends' was a true ensemble. There really was no star of the show.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.