Justifying space exploration because we get non-stick frying pans is like justifying music because it is good exercise for the violinist's right arm.

Who will say with confidence that sexual abuse is more permanently damaging to children than threatening them with the eternal and unquenchable fires of hell?

If somebody believes that the world is only (...) a few thousand years old, when the true age of the Earth is of the order of a few billion years old, that mea…

... the stereo-type of scientists being scruffy nerds with rows of pens in their top pocket is just about as wicked as racist stereotypes.

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul ... we're required …

From everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than hou…

The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored.