You can be a scientist and believe in god: the two can go hand in hand.

I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.

There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.

If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar-playing, you will have some idea of what popular Turkish music is like.

That's the trouble with losing your mind; by the time it's gone, it's too late to get it back.

Hunters will tell you that a moose is a wily and ferocious forest creature. Nonsense. A moose is a cow drawn by a three-year-old.

Geologists are never at a loss for paperweights.

Of all the things I am not very good at, living in the real world is perhaps the most outstanding.

Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness.

Protons give an atom its identity, electrons its personality.

Why is it, I wondered, that old people are always so self-centered and excitable? But I just smiled benignly and stood back, comforted by the thought that soon they would be dead.

Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

When I'm 18, I can finally order that paid programming stuff on TV. Like it always says, 'Must be 18 or older to call,' so I'll be able to call! I can finally buy some blenders from the TV.

Can we not say 'dumped' and 'Bellas' in the same sentence, please?

I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.

I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.

Ideas can be killed only by other ideas!

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I know all the new phrases: 'cowabunga,' 'radical,' cat's pajamas,' 'duh,' and 'hey, homie don't play that.

Resisting is worth doing.