We are a scientific civilization. That means a civilization in which knowledge and its integrity are crucial. Science is only a Latin word for knowledge ... Knowledge is our destiny.

It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it.

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

Ask an impertinent question and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

Man is unique not because he does science, and his is unique not because he does art, but because science and art equally are expressions of his marvelous plasticity of mind.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

We have to understand that the world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is more important than the eye ... The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Man masters nature not by force, but by understanding

Dissent is the mark of freedom.

One aim of physical sciences had been to give an exact picture the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that that aim is unattainable.

Come meet my dog.""What's the dog's name?""Justice.""Nice touch for a judge. A dog named Justice.

I got a whiff of minty fresh breath. Definitely not, what I'd expect from a wild wolf.

If God is for you, nothing can stand against you

Lifelong pain, an unwanted pregnancy, and even death may be the reward for such a brief window of pleasure. What a foolish gamble!

The tea baggers. The one thing they hate is when you call them racist. The other thing they hate is black people. But they won't say it.

Songwriters are still the brightest people in any room.

Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.

Holland is very good at avant garde, probably due to the Dutch character. Good at design. Experimentation sometimes works here very well.

There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing and knowing.

Privilege is invisible to those who have it.