The scientific attitude implies the postulate of objectivity-that is to say, the fundamental postulate that there is no plan; that there is no intention in the universe.

A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.

There are living systems; there is no'living matter'.

What is true for E. coli is also true for the elephant.

Je cherche à comprendre.

Every living being is also a fossil. Within it, all the way down to the microscopic structure of its proteins, it bears the traces if not the stigmata of its ancestry.

In science there is and will remain a Platonic element which could not be taken away without ruining it. Among the infinite diversity of singular phenomena science can only look for invariants.

The whole concert of animate nature arose entirely from annoying noises.

Man finally knows that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the Universe, from which he emerged by accident.

A curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it.

Man's destiny is nowhere spelled out, nor is his duty.

People often believed they were safer in the light, thinking monsters only came out at night.

Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a fine initial act of insurrection.

For me, it's always filmmaker and then character and then story. They're all equally important but if you don't have a great filmmaker, you will not have a great film unless you just get lucky.

Why do we need faith when we have the technology to move mountains?

Never take advice from someone you wouldn't trade places with.

Ray Gomez is one of the greatest guitarists of all times!

Laistry....I can't even say that. What would you call them in English?" "Canadians.

My mother also had us take piano lessons, and this had a similar effect. I hated those lessons, but I now play regularly for pleasure and have even tried my hand at composing.

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through.

Money has yet to make anyone rich.