There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as much right to opinion as Fermi.

I don't like to say bad things about paleontologists, but they're not very good scientists. They're more like stamp collectors.

Dirac politely refused Robert's [Robert Oppenheimer] two proffered books: reading books, the Cambridge theoretician announced gravely, "interfered with thought."

What is within is untouchable.

Life is too important to take seriously.

Awake your soul to happy memories.

Dancing every night is great sport.

In August, an inescapable blanket of heat settled over Paducah, the last gasping breath of summer roaring its weight out over the populace.

I really believe it's the moments we can't talk about that become the rest of our lives. It's the moments we can't process by telling a story that destroy us in the end.

You don't want to try to protect yourself from the pain of a crisis. You want to learn everything you can from it.

Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law.

The thing with stand-up is, I really enjoyed it, but I kind of loathed it as well. It makes me feel physically sick.

We see in order to move; we move in order to see.