An optimist believes we live in the best possible of worlds.- A pessimist fears that this is true.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Ask the right questions, and nature will open the doors to her secrets.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?
I think that we must find some way to get more common sense, more rationality, in our decisions and less emotion.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
I don’t believe in taking right decisions. Take decisions and make them right.
I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial and government or military pressures.