The only reason of the institution of civil government; and the only rational ground of submission to it, is the common safety and utility.
My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.
I'm interested in the hope we invest in science, and the disappointment we can feel when science flattens, or 'explains,' the larger mysteries of religion.
Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young people.
Baseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.
One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
I'm working on artificial intelligence. Actually, natural language understanding, which is to get computers to understand the meaning of documents.
Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.
Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is.
If you keep telling girls they're less good at science, that will probably be self-fulfilling. But there are quite a lot of women who are good at it.
No American conservative has ever argued that the government should never be involved in peoples' lives. That is anarchy, and we don't argue for that.
To posit the existence of a Creator requires only reason. To posit the existence of a good God requires faith.
Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send instant messages around the globe, reflect on the past, assess the present and imagine the future.
I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that.
But I'll tell you what, there was a lot of farmland between Falls Church and Washington.
Along 4 Mile Run, there was a nice woods down in front of the house. I used to run around there.
I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings.
We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls.
The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men.
I was a terrible athlete and a pretty bad student. I couldn't focus. My imagination was always racing.
A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.
