"You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts."
"Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it."
"Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves."
"Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves."
"We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on."
"I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing."