The intuitive mind is a sacred gift And the rational mind is a faithful servant.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.
All real philosophers have been artists in the realm of concepts.
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.