Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

There are savages without God in any proper sense of the word, but none without ghosts.

Can any one deny that the old Israelites conceived Jahveh not only in the image of a man, but in that of a changeable, irritable, and, occasionally, violent man?

The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

I am too much of a skeptic to deny the possibility of anything.

For once reality and his brains came into contact and the result was fatal.

That's why we seize the moment try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it.

Happiness need not be analyzed.

The BBC did a survey of the top 50 things to do before we die. Not while we're still alive, before we die.

So small, so blue, in grassy places / My flowers raise / Their tiny faces.

Faith is expectancy. You do not receive what you want; you do not receive what you pray for, not even what you say you have faith in. You will always receive what you actually expect.

Everyone would like to play in their hometown, but right now I like Cincinnati, I like the way it's going. I'm happy.

In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.

I just kind of tried to stay true to myself.

An aching tooth is better out than in. To lose a rotting member is a gain.

Three scenarios for post-Kyoto emissions reductions indicate that ... the long-term consequences are small... The influence of the Protocol would, furthermore, be undetectable for many decades.