Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon—it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

_{Science is what we do to keep from lying to ourselves}

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things as they really are. For at least reality, though never fully attained, can be defined. Reality is that which, when you don’t believe in it, doesn’t go away.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

Realize that everything connects to everything else.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes

A man who moralizes is a hypocrite, and a woman who does so is invariably plain.