“The individual member of the social community often receives his information via visual, symbolic channels. I went back and forth over it, and translated. You know what it means? People read.”

Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds.

If you thought that science was certain – well, that is just an error on your part.

The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.

Of course, you only live one life, and you make all your mistakes, and learn what not to do, and that’s the end of you.

I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.

There are thousands of years in the past, and there is an unknown amount of time in the future. There are all kinds of opportunities, and there are all kinds of dangers.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.

Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

I think we should teach them [the people] wonders and that the purpose of knowledge is to appreciate wonders even more.

I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That’s their mistake, not my failing.

Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.

I learned from my father to translate: everything I read I try to figure out what it really means, what it’s really saying.

People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.

If you don’t have the right people around you and you’re moving at a million miles an hour you can lose yourself.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

With my platform, anyway, I want to try and do good things and want to help people.

China’s got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain’t right.

People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.

People with hearts filled with love, peace, and compassion live in heaven.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.