The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.

Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail.

Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table.

This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.

Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics.

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

Christianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices.

Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination.

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.

The world we see is a painting colored by our fears and desires.

Time is the measurable unit of movement concerning a before and an after.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Tell me, ye wingèd winds That round my pathway roar, Know ye not some spot Where mortals weep no more?

True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.

I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace.

I like people that like to work the way that I like to work.

Mercy is the mark of a great man! (stabs defeated opponent) I guess I'm just a good man. (stabs opponent again) Well ... I'm alright.

My dear sir, it haunted me for the rest of my life.

I was bruised, but I wasn’t broken.