The whole object of science is to synthesize, and so simplify; and did we but know the uttermost of a subject we could make it singularly clear.

Imagination is as vital to any advance in science as learning and precision are essential for starting points.

That Mars is inhabited by beings of some sort or other we may consider as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be.

Formulae are the anaesthetics of thought, not its stimulants and to make any one think is far better worth while than cramming him with ill-considered, and therefore indigestible, learning.

Are physical forces alone at work there, or has evolution begotten something more complex, something not akin to what we know on Earth as life? It is in this that lies the peculiar interest of Mars.

War is a survival among us from savage times and affects now chiefly the boyish and unthinking element of the nation.

Now when we think that each of these stars is probably the centre of a solar system grander than our own, we cannot seriously take ourselves to be the only minds in it all.

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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems

Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.

You believe this is a game, and you may be right. But if you think you can play it better than me, think again.

I'm really into strong, female roles - but they don't have to necessarily be loud - I'm just as interested in introverts too.

He is hailed a conqueror of conquerors. [Lat., Victor victorum cluet.]

Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusades a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.

Fancy algorithms are slow when N is small, and N is usually small.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously.