A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.

But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.

In all the universe there is nothing more precious than the mind.

Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence

Religion is a byproduct of fear.

What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view.

Only small minds are impressed by large numbers.

My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence'.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return...

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?

Only feeble minds are paralyzed by facts.

Until we get rid of religion, we won't be able to conduct the search for God.