"The more things doctors are able to do, the more likely that at least a few doctors won't do them. And the result will be more people suing for negligence."

"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."

"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere."

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."

"When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes."

"Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life."

"Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost."

"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."

"There was no "before" the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time."