To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.

Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

I stared at him (Dionysus). "You're...you're married? But I thought you got in trouble for chasing a wood nymph-

What was it like to be so confident even in your failings that you weren't the least bit bothered when other people pointed them out? I was almost envious.

I don't watch scary movies. Sometimes, even having to read the script and do an episode of 'Grimm', I get a little tense because I know someone's going to jump out of somewhere.

A man may well bring a horse to water but he cannot make him drink.

Real friends stab you in the front.

I can pretty much guarantee that if I do a show in a comedy club, there will be someone who will come out of the audience and tell me the worst joke ever. It's just a guarantee.

Hale is what he is in the American pantheon not because of what he did, but because of why he did it.

I can get around pretty easily. People don't expect to see me walking around.

the female view that one strengthens oneself by strengthening others is finding greater acceptance, and female values of inclusion and connection are emerging as valuable leadership qualities.