The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air.

The piano's world encompasses glass-nerved virtuos and stomping barrel-housers in fedoras; it is a world of pasture and storm, of perfumed smoke, of liquid mathematics.

No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery.

I am always struck by the fact that human awareness of our place in nature, like so much of modern science, began with the Industrial Revolution.

Our own genomes carry the story of evolution, written in DNA, the language of molecular genetics, and the narrative is unmistakable.

Science is about nature. And God, if he exists, transcends nature.

Being a Christian, I'm eager to introduce people to Jesus. I just don't think I should do it in the science classroom

The scientific argument advanced for intelligent design at the Dover trial, those arguments collapsed, scientifically and intellectually

The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer every question

We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth

There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory.

And tonight the stars again ask me your name?And I just smile, playing the guessing game!

If you show up in L.A. with your shirt inside out or socks mismatched, people start putting change in your cup.

The average person is full of artificial desires, desires that have been suggested by what other people possess or require.

Secret Services are everywhere. They are part of out daily life. We just don't really care. We are not concerned at all.

whatever is profound loves masks; what is most profound even hates image and parable.

Is love a fancy, or a feeling?

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[On lions:] It has always seemed miraculous to me that these colossal animals can move noiselessly through the bush, and are thus able to surround one without warning.

There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.

Horses are 100% better that people. I love hanging out with my horse, chilling. They're so amazing and ethereal. I could hang with horses all day.