What's been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.

We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere.

If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.

A whole new generation of Christians has come up believing that it is possible to 'accept' Christ without forsaking the world.

Worshipers never leave church...we carry our sanctuary with us wherever we go.

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.

Faith is not a conclusion you reach...it's a journey you live.

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.

You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.

Look closely at nature. Every species is a masterpiece, exquisitely adapted to the particular environment in which it has survived. Who are we to destroy or even diminish biodiversity?

Gravity is a myth. In reality the earth sucks.

Creativity is an inherent ability that cannot be taught, only developed.

Consciousness succumbs all too easily to unconscious influences, and these are often truer and wiser than our conscious thinking.

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

The narrower we define autism, and the more strictly we control for particular behaviors, the more likely we are to find what I think are the subgroups of autism.

I've developed several serious policy proposals to create jobs, reform Washington and reduce spending.

I don't think the robots are taking over. I think the men who play with toys have taken over. And if we don't take the toys out of their hands, we're fools.

Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul.

Poetry makes people nervous. Especially in schools.

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.