“Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.”

In so far as a scientific statement speaks about reality, it must be falsifiable: and in so far as it is not falsifiable, it does not speak about reality.

Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.

Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.

The game of science is, in principle, without end.

The essential feature of dualist-interactionism is that the mind and brain are independent entities and that they interact by quantum physics.

“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.

A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.

If our civilization is to survive, we must break with the habit of deference to great men.

The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.

The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.

Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.

If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.

“We don’t know anything” and believed that this was the most important philosophical truth.

While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.

We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.

The fact is certain because it is impossible.

Man believes in the possible, but God believes in the impossible.

I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat; for they are the words of fools.

It’s almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing.

The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.

People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.

The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can’t live with them, or without them!