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 mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.
I am the master of my failure… If I never fail how will I ever learn.
Go to Heaven for the climate. Hell for the company.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
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.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
I think it is a mistake to judge science by Nobel Prizes.