My politics just kind of developed over time as a reaction.
If quantum mechanics hasn't profoundly shocked you, you haven't understood it yet.
If you think you understand it, that only shows that you don't know the first thing about it.
We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.
If we couldn't laugh at ourselves, that would be the end of everything.
The opposite of every great idea is another great idea.
It is a great pity that human beings cannot find all of their satisfaction in scientific contemplativeness.
Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.
Drugs induce paranoia and psychosis in people who have never taken any.
You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.
Ethical man: A Christian holding four aces.