“Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs and values.”

“The positivists have a simple solution: the world must be divided into that which we can say clearly and the rest, which we had better pass over in silence. But can anyone conceive of a more pointl...”

“I am firmly convinced that we must never judge political movements by their aims, no matter how loudly proclaimed or how sincerely upheld, but only by the means they use to realize these aims.”

“In the history of science, ever since the famous trial of Galileo, it has repeatedly been claimed that scientific truth cannot be reconciled with the religious interpretation of the world. Although...”

“An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them.”

“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“All serious daring starts from within.”

“I mean, death is a serious thing, certainly not to be sneezed at.”

“I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance.”