“One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong.”

“In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. ”

“The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.”

“The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.”

“Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.”

“The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitud...”

“The hour is only long thus, if you've waited.”

“I have a neuroscience background - that's what my doctorate is in - and I was trained to study hormones of attachment, so I definitely feel my parenting is informed by that.”

“I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.”

“Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”