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If revealed religions have revealed anything it is that they are usually wrong.
I know of nothing more inspiring than that of making discoveries for ones self.
The farther the experiment is from theory, the closer it is to the Nobel Prize.
The Earth is the cradle of Humanity. But one doesn't always live in the cradle.
The only way to be absolutely safe is to never try anything for the first time.
I think it's important that science just doesn't stay within narrow boundaries.
No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.
I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
It becomes harder and harder to say where the world stops and the person begins.
A man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense.
The seven deadly sins should be updated. We should add an eighth sin: Cowardice.
Trigger warnings are part of the West's debauchery of self-indulgent victimhood.
Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer.
The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life.
Nobody knew in advance that in vitro fertilization would be, by and large, safe.
It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labour, I at last pull up.
The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.
Because I'm a synesthete I see characters in colors and I perceive a W as green.
I was a guy who trusted the government. Now, I don't trust a damn thing they do.
Recalling a memory is not like playing a tape recorder. It's a creative process.
Proposition IX. Radiant light consists in Undulations of the Luminiferous Ether.
Moonshots live in that place between audacious projects and pure science fiction.
Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.
Anything that gives us new knowledge gives us an opportunity to be more rational.
Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.
You mustn't take what I say as gospel because no one can second-guess the future.
Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.
Pluto and its brethren are the most populous class of planets in our solar system.
I actually started my career in planetary science with a master's thesis on Pluto.
Evolution of mankind is paralleled by the increase and expansion of consciousness.
I know LSD; I don't need to take it anymore. Maybe when I die, like Aldous Huxley.
First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you."
The quest for the truth, in and of itself, Is a story that's filled with insights.
I am uneasy about having scientific exploration depend on profit-making companies.
Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.'
Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.
Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
The second great product of industry should be the rewarding life for every person
People's most prized possessions carry deeply symbolic and emotional significance.
Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own children.
The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy.
Alas! that the farthest and of all our thoughts should be the thought of our ends.
For humans, gift giving is a universal ritual laden with evolutionary implications.
Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know.
The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.
Find first peace within yourself. Don't eat too much. Keep your brain active. Love.