Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy and support so essential to its progress.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.

Basic scientific research is scientific capital.

Publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.

Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.

The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it.

The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.

The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.

Did anyone ever have a boring dream?

Anybody who deliberately propagandizes with lies should be held up to scorn and ridicule.

When we give way to joy, we do not feel that we have lost control, but gained freedom.

Saying that you love is easy, but living up to those simple words is the most difficult thing you'll ever do.

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.

Love is a state of being; it has nothing to do with anybody else. One is not in love, one is love.

The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair.

Whenever people have trouble public speaking, it's because they are just thinking about themselves.

In the city, a lot of crime happens, a lot of violence happens from time to time.