To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles.

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.

Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.

Should we force science down the throats of those that have no taste for it ? Is it our duty to drag them kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century ? I am afraid that it is.

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. ... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.

How do you even start a book you know is going to be your last?

I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints

If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it.

I just love to shop. If I could, I would shop every single day in every single store and spend all of my money which, you know, I do anyway.

The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.

A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.

When I was 13, I asked for a guitar. And that's how I really started explaining my point of view.

The beloved may be treacherous, greasy-headed and given to evil habits, or else it can be a man in his late forties who works too much, or it can be an alarm clock.

In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.

I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.