The "little theme" from Vinteuil, heard by Swann as emblematic of his love for Odette, remains a point of reference for him, as the character of that love changes and as the love eventually fades.

It's a very bad idea for scientific conclusions to be accepted because they fit with the political values of a group of researchers.

I believe that the arts make indispensable contributions to our understanding.

I'm very suspicious of the idea of a "final theory" in natural science, and the thought of a complete system of ethical rules seems even more dubious.

Philosophers ought to aspire to know lots of different things and to forge useful synthetic perspectives.

It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.

Science literacy consists in the ability and the desire to follow reports of new scientific advances, throughout your whole life.

The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we be afraid to learn more about what we are?

In ethics, we don't make progress by discovering pre-existent truths; we do so by solving problems.

The point of philosophy, as I see it, is to change thinking, and thereby to change the conversation.

I take the ethical truths to be the stable elements that emerge out of ethical progress and that are retained under further ethical progress.

With Cosmic Ordering you can count your chickens before they have hatched.

Atheism isn’t a growth model any more than “I don’t like rollerblading” is a workout strategy.

I express myself in sculpture since I am not a poet.

Home is where the heart is, we say, rubbing the flint of one abstraction against another.

I'm just a guy who rolls up his sleeves and goes to work!

I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

Engage your fans and turn your fans into your community. Realize that we all have failures and can turn those failures into successes through tenacity and through being open to changing.

Inquiries into the heart are not for man.

I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.

I was in love with Tina Goodman since I was three and her parents came popping out of the trash cans. I think it made a big impression on me.