The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.

Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor approximations, and premature conclusions.

The most malicious kind of hatred is that which is built upon a theological foundation.

Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.

Scientific achievements seem evanescent, because the very progress of science causes their supersedure; yet some of them are of so fundamental a nature that they are immortal in a deeper way.

From the humanistic point of view every human achievement is unforgettable and immortal in its essence, even if it is replaced by a "better" one.

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance.

science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

Greek culture is pleasant to contemplate because of its great simplicity and naturalness, and because of the absence of gadgets, each of which is sooner or later a cause of servitude.

My gratitude to them [my first teachers] grows as I myself grow older.

Wait. You work for me?""I prefer to think of it as managing your incompetence.

Some twins feel like they need to compare themselves to each other, but we're not that way. That's because of my parents, though, and having six kids in the family.

The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.

Success is sweetest to one who has known failure.

Burn your bridges every 2 years.

There are people you remember and people you dream of.

You think I'm stupid. Stay out of my way. You think I'm stupid.

I said to my parents that I don't even know if there should be an Israel. And they were just so upset and hurt.

I don't think it's a mistake to put every great idea into the first movie, because I've always said there won't be a second movie if you go 'we'll hold back these ideas for another one.

Love is strong as the Death; jealousies are as cruel as the tomb.