One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.?
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
There is no such thing as a Christian child: only a child of Christian parents.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.
My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.
Tell me thy company, and I shall tell thee what thou art.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I want to say, there's no reason to cry. Do not, in the name of peace, go in the streets and riot.
The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic
I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.
After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it.
You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.
Could be worse . . . I could be Sting.
Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.
