Because of the hegemony of fundamentalist religion in the United States, this country has been among the most resistant to the fact of human evolution.

If the history of science shows us anything, it is that we get nowhere by labeling our ignorance “God”.

Faith is a padlock of the mind, and few keys can open it.

If the history of science teaches us anything, it is that what conquers our ignorance is research, not giving up and attributing our ignorance to the miraculous work of a creator.

Religion is based on dogma and belief, whereas science is based on doubt and questioning.

We don't have faith in reason; we use reason because, unlike revelation, it produces results and understanding. Even discussing why we should use reason employs reason!

In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice.

Damn, but science is just a constant feed of cool new facts and theories. Theology doesn't come close.

Can a geology teacher blithely tell his students that the earth is flat, or a European history professor that the Holocaust didn't happen? That's not academic freedom, but dereliction of duty.

Evolution tells us where we came from, not where we can go.

We now have many of the answers that once eluded Darwin, thanks to two developments that he could not have imagined: continental drift and molecular taxonomy.

To justify one's actions is easy. Acting responsibly and being accountable for actions is very difficult.

they want me to be just like them but they want to be just like them

The treasures of life is hidden in troubles.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

I have lived too completely. I think I have known every human emotion.

I do not always find the streets interesting, so I wait until I see picturesque groups and those that compose well in relation to the whole.

I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

It's important to remember that Bush Derangement Syndrome on the left - comparing him to Hitler, calling him a terrorist and a tyrant - preceded Obama Derangement Syndrome on the right.

My job as a designer is to look into the future. Not to use any frame of reference that exists

I don't really like money - I like the things you can buy with money.