This was what we did as a species, after all: we built ingenious devices, and we destroyed things.

The odds seemed pretty long from where I was standing, certainly, but then again, I reminded myself, the history of science was in many ways an almanac of highly unlikely victories.

This is one of the problems with reality: the extent to which it resembles bad fiction.

God only knows the torment of the suffering soul and only he can take away the pain.

I never for a moment considered killing myself, because it wouldn't have achieved anything.

This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of biological oxidation.

There's no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.

Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed.

We must also ensure that we have the best medical care, education, and support for our military service members and their families, both when they serve and when they return to civilian life.

We think about sitting in a space and hearing some music by having our ears pointed forward towards the musicians sitting opposite us. I'm really not following that paradigm at all.

The problem with Western Christians is not that they aren't where they should be but that they aren't what they should be where they are.

The world's crazy, when it comes to beauty.

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.