The case I shall find evidence for is that when literature arrives, it expels science.

Scientific reasoning is a dialogue between the possible and the actual, between proposal and disposal between what might be true, and what is in fact the case.

The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all.

Is the Scientific Paper a Fraud?

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in.

I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not.

Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth.

The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.

Heredity proposes and development disposes.

The art of research [is] the art of making difficult problems soluble by devising means of getting at them.

If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility.

Lord keep us from all evil so that our lives will be free of pain.

I'm not making any secret of the fact I still believe in independence. We'll continue to argue the case.

I believe you can do 99 percent of the things right but not possess a positive winning attitude, and you will fail.

Do you think I can read [Alain] Robbe-Grillet in an underdeveloped country? He does not feel himself maimed.

Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.

The number one job of a leader is to protect the truth.

Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

I want my ashes either with some really good primo or as some fertilizer for plants.

Somehow [Kenya Bariss] has figured out how to explore these very weighty, sticky, sharp topics, and still be funny and not make fun of the topic.

It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.