People are best judged by their actions

I saw Linus Pauling as a brilliant lecturer and a man with a fantastic memory, and a great, great showman. I think he was the century's greatest chemist. No doubt about it.

What is known for certain is dull.

Discoveries cannot be planned, they pop up, like Puck, in unexpected corners

Could the search for ultimate truth really have revealed so hideous and visceral looking an object?

On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic message: 'Blood, toil, sweat and tears always were a good mixture'.

I rarely plan my research; it plans me.

Women's liberation could have not succeeded if science had not provided them with contraception and household technology.

You must be careful. There are things that should never be given up. You must persevere.

I think that Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs, like, a pump-up. And I think Jock Jams is a classic pump-up. Like before she starts working, she needs that.

I wanted to explore black culture, and I wanted that culture to be a revelation.

It's not the meaning of life we seek but our aliveness. Once we have that, the meaning of life is obvious.

Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists.

You will notice the phenomena of meditation. You may see dazzling lights, feel energy coursing through different parts of your body, feel as if you are floating, hear sounds, or smell fragrances.

Once you learn what life is about, there is no way to erase that knowledge. If you try to do something else with your life, you will always sense that you are missing something

I tell ye wut, my judgment is you're pooty sure to fail, Ez long 'z the head keeps turnin' back for counsel to the the tail.

Knowledge is dangerous." ~pg 53

I'm gonna rock you 'til your pussaaa's sore.