"One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it."

"There is no original truth, only original error."

"The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams."

"The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know."

"Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him."

"Probably the simplest hypothesis... is that there may be a slow process of annihilation of matter."

"One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs."

"Complexity is the engine of intelligence."