Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.

Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life, if mankind in turn gives science the sympathy and support so essential to its progress.

To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.

As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.

Give these people money, let them play, and they'll come up with something.

Basic scientific research is scientific capital.

Publication has been extended far beyond our present ability to make real use of the record.

Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and there amplified.

The world has arrived at an age of cheap complex devices of great reliability, and something is bound to come of it.

The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.

I especially like eavesdropping on women my age. Besides being titillating, it also helps me gauge where I'm at in comparison.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

We die only once, and for such a long time.

If I'm breathing in 2016, I'll be happy.

Truth lives in the cellar, error on the doorstep.

When we think too much about the opinions of others, we are letting them edit a book God has written.

My belief as a Christian is when we receive Christ as salvation, that that gives us a guarantee for Heaven.

Everything looks better in the morning.

In the knowledge economy everyone is a volunteer, but we have trained our managers to manage conscripts.

It is easier to argue that something nobody believes in actually exists than it is to argue that something everybody believes in is unreal.