Ten years on the moon could tell us more about the universe than a thousand years on the earth might be able to.
Isaac Asimov
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.
A man who never makes a mistake never makes anything.
Charles Darwin
Can Americans choose the proper leaders and support the proper programs if they themselves are scientifically illiterate?
In the presence of total Darkness, the mind finds it absolutely necessary to create light.
Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency.
There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state.
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.
When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.
Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.
Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Marie Curie
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right.