In theology we must consider the predominance of authority; in philosophy the predominance of reason.

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.

Where there is matter, there is geometry.

Why are things as they are and not otherwise?

Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.

Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.

I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'

Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

My greatest desire is that I may perceive the God whom I find everywhere in the external world, in like manner also within and inside myself.

California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.

I was more excited than scared, at the opportunity to work in an English movie.

I've played a lot of fathers in my life, and it seems that my kids are getting older and older in films, and I'm always surprised at how good they are.

My days had a pleasant identicalness about them. I had always liked that: I liked routine. I liked being bored. I didn’t want to but I did.

I have absolutely no difficulty myself with the playing of God Save the Queen in the presence of Her Majesty.

I'll quit tanning when the satchel handle grows out of my back.

It takes a lot of people years to turn a negative into a positive. It takes me, like, an album.

Success is not a harbor but a voyage with its own perils to the spirit ... The lesson that most of us on this voyage never learn, but can never quite forget, is that to win is sometimes to lose.

Everything happens for a reason, but that doesn't mean there's a point.

I'm against the capturing of Eastern Orthodox temples.