"If, on occasion, the knowledge brought by science leads to an unhappy end, this is not to the discredit of science but is rather an indication of an imperfect ability to use wisely the gifts placed within our hands."

"The knowledge and understanding of the world which science gives us and the magnificent opportunity which it extends to us to control and use the world for the extension of our pleasure in it has never been greater than it now is."

"I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn."

"Indeed science alone may perhaps be sterile when pursued without an understanding of the world in which scientific knowledge is created and in which the fruits of science are used."

"Language, philosophy, and science are interwoven into the design of words, which are manipulated to create surprising illusions."

"While most of us know that we feel better after a good hearty laugh, science, in many cases, is yet to prove why."

"The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man."

"A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant."