If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced.
The discovery of superfluidity opened up a new understanding in the science world.
Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.'
I was interested in science before I even knew what science was.
The most exciting thing in the twentieth century is science.
I want to do science fiction with dark stories.
We have to keep up the fight for evidence-based science and policy.
Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.
Science is about exploring the unknown and cannot offer guarantees.
A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.
My mother was a teacher, my father was a community organizer. I come from a working class background.
The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.
I was terrified of being a teacher. To stand in front of a classroom, the responsibility is boggling. Imagine! Standing in front of people!
I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.
I'm crazy about Shakespeare, who was a notorious word inventor. And my wife is an English teacher, and she's hilarious.
When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.
I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.
