The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are murderer.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

To be adult is to be alone.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

The wisdom of God is what we ought to seek.

Fear in the absence of knowledge breeds irrationality.We should always seek knowledge, even in the face of fear.

He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

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We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them.

Hell has been conceived as a police institution, to inspire fear in this world. But the worst of it all is that it no longer frightens anyone, and therefore it will have to be closed down.

Temperature is as far as the heat goes, people are haters cos im doing something good. Hate me dont hate the hood. It made me strong, you wouldn't last that long.

I believe cellulosic fuels, biofuels made from nonfood crops are the only solution that will make a difference.