"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."
"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."
"Philosophy of science is about as useful to scientists as ornithology is to birds."
"Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves."
"We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress."
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt."