You can analyze a glass of water and you're left with a lot of chemical components, but nothing you can drink.

Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail.

Capitalism, though it may not always give the scientific worker a living wage, will always protect him, as being one of the geese which produce golden eggs for its table.

This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.

Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.

Science is vastly more stimulating to the imagination than the classics.

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

Christianity is haunted by the theory of a God with a craving for bloody sacrifices.

Reality is the cage of those who lack imagination.

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

Would I lay down my life to save my brother? No, but I would to save two brothers or eight cousins.

Choose who to cheer for you, not chase who is cheering for you!

Trust your instincts: they tend to see you right. By listening to them, at least you can sleep at night.

We are staying in basic accommodation but it doesn't matter to me, it's all about the experience.

I give you this toast: To the Hobbits. May they outlast the Sarumans and see spring again in the trees.

Just because you’ve come to a dead end, it’s not time to give up. Find a different route and keep pressing forward.

Focus on sharing your story and affecting the people that are hungry for your light.

The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.

Some people are destined for greatness; others fall up a hill to get there.

By your logic I should also be in charge of Solinade dances, needlework, and horse thieving.

Facts are not interesting to me.