I do not see why I should be polite to tyrants, who slobber of humanitarianism and think only of their own petty interests.

Given any rule, however �fundamental� or �necessary� for science, there are always circumstances when it is advisable not only to ignore the rule, but to adopt its opposite.

The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.

The separation of state and church must be complemented by the separation of state and science, that most recent, most aggressive, and most dogmatic religious institution.

Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.

My intention is not to replace one set of general rules by another such set: my intention is, rather, to convince the reader that all methodologies, even the most obvious ones, have their limits.

Traditions are neither good nor bad, they simply are... Rationality is not an arbiter of traditions, it is itself a tradition or an aspect of a tradition.

Teachers' using grades and the fear of failure mould the brains of the young until they have lost every ounce of imagination they might once have possessed.

No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain

Early Chinese thinkers had taken variety at face value. They had favored diversification and collected anomalies instead of trying to explain them away.

Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for granted without having ever examined it.

Under a night’s skyFilled with a hundred billion starsIs it so crazy to believeOur paths were destined to cross?

The ‘do nothing everything will be all right’ default plan is determined by the IRS and government.

The scary thing is that sometimes you are wrapping up animation on a sequence and you don't know how the movie ends or begins. You just have to bluff and move forward.

A success unshared is a failure.

All artists today are expected to cultivate a little fashionable unhappiness.

I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.

It's the only thing to do when you're in London - hang out in a taxi.

My goal is to ensure the Northern Border is safe, secure and allows for the free flow of travel and commerce.

You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.

When they put me in jail, that's when they turned me into an activist. Up until the time I went to jail, I was just a comedian.