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I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned.

— Richard Feynman, American Theoretical Physicist

It is the mark of an educated mind, to entertain a thought without accepting it.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher and Scientist

What could an entirely rational being speak of with another entirely rational being?

— Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher

Never memorize something that you can look up.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.

— Christopher Hitchens, Author

The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Writer

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.

— Mary Doria Russell, American Novelist

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

— Robert Frost, American Poet

What counts now are the value-less facts, the material and the rational. All else is regarded with condescension as being of only sentimental value.

— Jean Gebser, Swiss Philosopher

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

— Steve Allen, Actor
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