You've never heard of an English lover. Only an English patient.

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

Knowing "why" (an idea) is more important than learning "what" (the fact).

It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

No one may have the guts to say this, but if we could make better human beings by knowing how to add genes, why shouldn't we?

We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.

Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.

Our goal should be to understand our differences.

The way to do great science is to stay away from subjects that are overpopulated, and go to the frontiers.

Never be the brightest person in the room.

I climb aboard my tricycle and pedal my heart to the stars.

I looked him in the eye. “I will always love you.” Then I plunged the stake into his chest.

A skilled Transition Team leader will set the general goals for a Transition, and then confer on the other team leaders working with him the power to implement those goals.

Power can be very addictive, and it can be corrosive. And it's important for the media to call to account people who abuse their power, whether it be here or elsewhere.

There is no spirituality without ethics

The True Person benefits yet expects no reward, does the work and moves on. There is no desire to be considered better than others.

In the days of the frost seek an minor sun.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

My thoughts will echo your name until I see you again.