Ethical inquiry has always been motivated by the aim of improving human conduct. It doesn't follow from that that the goal is to produce a complete rule book that would be applicable to all cases.

It's a very bad idea for scientific conclusions to be accepted because they fit with the political values of a group of researchers.

I believe that the arts make indispensable contributions to our understanding.

I'm very suspicious of the idea of a "final theory" in natural science, and the thought of a complete system of ethical rules seems even more dubious.

Philosophers ought to aspire to know lots of different things and to forge useful synthetic perspectives.

It may be hyperbolic to declare that Shakespeare teaches us more about being human than all the natural scientists combined.

The "little theme" from Vinteuil, heard by Swann as emblematic of his love for Odette, remains a point of reference for him, as the character of that love changes and as the love eventually fades.

Science literacy consists in the ability and the desire to follow reports of new scientific advances, throughout your whole life.

The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we be afraid to learn more about what we are?

In ethics, we don't make progress by discovering pre-existent truths; we do so by solving problems.

The point of philosophy, as I see it, is to change thinking, and thereby to change the conversation.

Always our wars have been our confessions of weakness

This is your life so fill it with beauty and love.

Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water.

Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach me That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway.

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

Even the strongest man needs friends.

Words are a completely different form of expression. The word P-E-N-I-S is an entirely different form of communication than a photograph of the same thing. H

There are many things I do for amusement, but for happiness I like to gather up my memories and go for a walk in the rain.

Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.

I have a podiatrist appointment at 2.