Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe.

If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance “God”.

Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it.

If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator.

Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning.

We don't have faith in reason; we use reason because, unlike revelation, it produces results and understanding. Even discussing why we should use reason employs reason!

In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice.

Damn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn't come close.

Can a geology teacher blithely tell his students that the earth is flat, or a European history professor that the Holocaust didn't happen? That's not academic freedom, but dereliction of duty.

Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go.

We now have many of the answers that once eluded Darwin, thanks to two developments that he could not have imagined: continental drift and molecular taxonomy.

They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, " Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me.

You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion; it is an evil government.

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky.

I never felt like I had a mother.

Life is too short to learn German

I believe that there is a certain amount of mysticism that all women should have, that you should never tell all your secrets, that you should never tell everybody all about you.

Would there be trees if we didn't see them?