A single observation that is inconsistent with some generalization points to the falsehood of the generalization, and thereby 'points to itself'.

Plutonium has a quite extraordinary relationship with people. They made it, and it kills them.

Statistics began as the systematic study of quantitative facts about the state.

I have this extraordinary curiosity about all subjects of the natural and human world and the interaction between the physical sciences and the social sciences.

Until the seventeenth century there was no concept of evidence with which to pose the problem of induction!

The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea.

There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it from the outside.

Molecular biology has routinely taken problematic things under its wing without altering core ideas.

If you were just intent on killing people you could do better with a bomb made of agricultural fertiliser.

Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.

Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance.

Forget about how old you are, and get busy.

The best trees produce the sweetest fruits.

As a lawyer and a former prosecutor, I know the limits of the power and authority of the president. I know what is legal and what is not.

Ask yourself: given everything you have to do, is there a way that we can make this better?

Reality isn't a vast, fixed scheme trapping you without choice. At any moment you have the choice to break out of what is really trapping you-your automatic reactions dredged up from the past.

I think literature has lost it's power. Great novels continue to be written, but they are no longer changing the world.

The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.

I still take photographs for my own use, personal studies. I do not feel that I can fully express my views through the medium and this is why I have moved towards painting.

The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart.