I'm very concerned about the increasing distortion of research by the intrusion of the market. Universities are beginning to see science as a means of attracting funds.

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.

There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die.- Ty from Stolen

When we pour out our miseries, He hears a melody of us needing and desiring what only He can give.

Writing should beguile us, not just take us from A to B to Zzzzz

If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special.

How generous the universe could be, when he wanted to be!

Our dreams make us large.

So long ago, was it in a dream, was it just a dream?

Admit your mistakes but don't cry over them. Correct them and go forward.

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

The children never connect me with the man onstage when I come out the stage door. The parents spend all their time trying to convince them that I'm Caractacus.