Though neglectful of their responsibility to protect science, scientists are increasingly aware of their responsibility to society.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy.

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom.

Instead, in the absence of respect for human rights, science and its offspring technology have been used in this century as brutal instruments for oppression.

Even in the world of molecules the civilising influence of modest restraints is a cause for rejoicing.

Science never gives up searching for truth, since it never claims to have achieved it.

Science is an enterprise that can only flourish if it puts the truth ahead of nationality, ethnicity, class and color.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

Some dreamers demand that scientists only discover things that can be used for good.

Memory is the best of all gardens. Therein, winter and summer, the seeds of their past lie dormant, ready to spring into instant bloom at any moment the mind wishes to bring them to life.

Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.

Only with our government are you given a certificate at birth, a license at marriage, and a bill at death.

Everybody has a colon. Everyone over 50 needs to get their colon checked.

When an idea is not robust enough to stand expression in simple terms, it is a sign that it should be rejected.

A rose will smell as sweet by any other name, but it must be the rose of liberty that I want and not the artificial product.

If I look at the definition of Hinduism, the Supreme Court of India has given a beautiful definition; it says that Hinduism is not a religion, it is actually a way of life.

Record making is an extraordinary experience.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

I do six shows a week. Sometimes my voice gets tired, but I love it.