The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Feminine intuition? Is that what you wanted the robot for? You men. Faced with a woman reaching a correct conclusion and unable to accept the fact that she is your equal or superior in intelligence, you invent something called feminine intuition.
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
The intelligent man is never bored.
Tell me why the stars do shine, Tell me why the ivy twines, Tell me what makes skies so blue, And I'll tell you why I love you. Nuclear fusion makes stars to shine, Tropisms make the ivy twine, Raleigh scattering make skies so blue, Testicular hormones are why I love you.
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
If I am right, then (religious fundamentalists) will not go to Heaven, because there is no Heaven. If they are right, then they will not go to Heaven, because they are hypocrites.
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
I figure that if God actually does exist, he is big enough to understand an honest difference of opinion.
When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
Was there anything more exciting in life than seeking answers?
Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer should be replaced by a computer.
My feeling is, quite simply, that if there is a God, He has done such a bad job that he isn't worth discussing.
There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.
While he lives, he must think; while he thinks, he must dream.
Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.
Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.
Uncertainty that comes from knowledge (knowing what you don't know) is different from uncertainty coming from ignorance.
Science is uncertain. Theories are subject to revision; observations are open to a variety of interpretations, and scientists quarrel amongst themselves. This is disillusioning for those untrained in the scientific method, who thus turn to the rigid certainty of the Bible instead. There is something comfortable about a view that allows for no deviation and that spares you the painful necessity of having to think.
Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will go to hell when I die, and that once there I will suffer all the pains and tortures the sadistic ingenuity of your deity can devise and that this torture will continue forever. Isn't that enough for you? Do you have to call me bad names in addition?"
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet, that overpopulation is choking us, that pollution is killing us, that nuclear war may destroy us - and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap. But tell them that the Martians are landing, and they scream and run.
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