[Science doesn't deal with facts; indeed] fact is an emotion-loaded word for which there is little place in scientific debate.

Religion divides us, while it is our human characteristics that bind us to each other.

Time is that which is manufactured by clocks.

A theory is scientific only if it can be disproved. But the moment you try to cover absolutely everything the chances are that you cover nothing.

An observer situated in a nebula and moving with the nebula will observe the same properties of the universe as any other similarly situated observer at any time.

... an opportunity to allow the bees in one's bonnet to buzz even more noisily than usual.

[Newton's calculations] entered the marrow of what we know without knowing how we know it.

Our humanist attitude should therefore throughout be to stress what we all have in common with each other and relegate quarrelsome religion to the private domain where it can do [less] harm.

We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is the one sure way of avoiding talking nonsense.

We have become a nation of biblical illiterates.

I find it funny how people from Boston and New York hate each other because of pro teams. But, like, everyone on the Red Sox is a random millionaire athlete from somewhere else.

Every question was like the snapping of a little thread about my heart.

I cannot remember how I felt when the light went out of my eyes. I suppose I felt it was always night and perhaps I wondered why the day did not come.

I have ever regarded the freedom of religious opinions and worship as equally belonging to every sect.

The nickname (Ice Princess) is just based on my looks on the outside , once you get to know me , you'll get to like me.

But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.

Don't smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much or work too much. We're all on the road to the grave - but there's no need to be in the passing lane.

There exists in the world today a gigantic reservoir of good will toward us, the American people.

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.