The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth?

Study nature not books

The study of Nature is intercourse with the Highest Mind.

I cannot afford to waste my time making money

The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world.

Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.

It is the job of prophets and scientists alike to proclaim the glories of God.

I sometimes hear preachers speak of the sad condition of men who live without God in the world, but a scientist who lives without God in the world seems to me worse off than ordinary men.

A laboratory of natural history is a sanctuary where nothing profane should be tolerated. I feel less agony at improprieties in churches than in a scientific laboratory.

Sometimes the church isn´t the place where we meet Jesus, it´s the place where we hide ourselves from the world.

A person of wisdom never mind.A person of love always kind.

Any situation is new adventure.

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

A car designer is really a sculptor.

I'm a very vicious critic of myself.

Sometimes I wonder how I got into comedy at all.

Anytime you put yourself in a creative box, it's going to stifle you; it's not conducive to the writing or recording process.

Do I race motorcycles? I do. I use the word 'race' because, I admit, what I do on a motocross bike is different than riding a Harley down the street.

The sheik is, thank God, still alive and this hurts Bush who promised to his people to kill Osama.