Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

Science is an enterprise that can only flourish if it puts the truth ahead of nationality, ethnicity, class and color.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

Most people weren’t aware enough to fear the things that could really hurt them.

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan.' 'Do we have the right plan?' 'Not yet.' 'Do we have any plan?' 'Not yet.

Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.

A person cannot grow up through happiness. Happiness makes a person shallow. It is only through suffering that we grow up, transform, and come to a better understanding of life.

Don't let the bastards grind you down. I repeat this to myself but it conveys nothing. You might as well say, Don't let there be air; or Don't be. I suppose you could say that.

I don't ask for the sights in front of me to change, only the depth of my seeing.

For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.

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Females carry the marks, language and nuances of their culture more than the male. Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the female body.