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“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.
—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
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—"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64”
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“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.”
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
― Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible
“The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.”
― The Lives of a Cell
― The Lives of a Cell
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