We now have a quarter of a million fossil species, but the situation hasn't changed much... We have even fewer examples of evolutionary transition than we had in Darwin's time.

A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.

250,000 species of plants and animals recorded and deposited in museums throughout the world did not support the gradual unfolding hoped for by Darwin.

Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time.

I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of [creationist] arguments without the help of an army of consultants in special fields.

A desperate soul needs a good and inspiring music

Do not be afraid to fall, be afraid to to land... For no one has ever died from falling they have died from landing instantaneously.

There are people who wish to draw attention to themselves by attacking me

Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein; Christ-like is it for sin to grieve, God-like is it all sin to leave.

a poem is like a wine glass in which you can hold up a little bit of reality and taste it.

I've always been about honesty, whether on the radio, whether I did a movie, whether I wrote a book. As long as you're honest, you don't lose your edge.

All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.

Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.

Many more schools can be outstanding.

The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go.