Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for non-smart reasons.

Science is not a thing. It's a verb. It's a way of thinking about things. It's a way of looking for natural explanations for all phenomena.

The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition — thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know. How can we tell the difference between what we would like to be true and what is actually true? The answer is science.

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.

Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.

But the power of science lies in open publication, which, with the rise of the Internet, is no longer constrained by the price of paper.

I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe, but because I want to know.

In comparison, Google is brilliant because it uses an algorithm that ranks Web pages by the number of links to them, with those links themselves valued by the number of links to their page of origin.

Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.

Human history is highly nonlinear and unpredictable.

Those who attempt to search into the majesty of God will be overwhelmed with His Glory!

One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.

Myths, by their definition, involve transformations, struggles through various worlds or layers of reality and of obscuration.

Customer satisfaction is worthless. Customer loyalty is priceless.

How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?

I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun.

What's keeping you from being rich? In most cases it's simply a lack of belief. In order to become rich, you must believe you can do it, and you must take the actions necessary to achieve your goal.

Leisure can be one of the Mothers of Philosophy.

The purest treasure mortal times can afford is a spotless reputation.

I have thought some of Nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.