It seems that scientists are often attracted to beautiful theories in the way that insects are attracted to flowers — not by logical deduction, but by something like a sense of smell.

With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

A physicist friend of mine once said that in facing death, he drew some consolation from the reflection that he would never again have to look up the word "hermeneutics" in the dictionary.

It does not matter whether you win or lose, what matters is whether I win or lose!

Science doesn't make it impossible to believe in God, it just makes it possible not to believe in God

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

I think one of the great historical contributions of science is to weaken the hold of religion. That's a good thing.

Anything that we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion, should be done and may, in fact, in the end, be our greatest contribution to civilization.

This is one of the great social functions of science - to free people from superstition

The whole history of the last thousands of years has been a history of religious persecutions and wars, pogroms, jihads, crusades. I find it all very regrettable, to say the least.

If there is a God that has special plans for humans, then He has taken very great pains to hide His concern for us. To me it would seem impolite if not impious to bother such a God with our prayers.

I don't believe in your version of love, I have my own

Regret piles up around us like books we have never read.

It's not only who you know but who knows you.

If you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

A man should be taller older heavier uglier and hoarser than his wife.

I have no doubt that the fundamental problem the planet faces is the enormous increase in the human population

The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent.

I felt better about myself that I did it [calling Max Askeli Commander Askeli], rather than have - rather than thinking it and not writing it for being afraid of what might happen to me.

Look out sinners because if you do not go to confession, confession will come to you. The Catholic Church in northern England has launched a mobile confession unit called the Mercy Bus.

The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.