Today Quotes
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There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"
Take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then say it with the utmost levity.George Bernard Shaw
Good taste is always an asset.Rudy Bakalov
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.Thomas Szasz, "The Second Sin"
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble.Washington Irving
If you stay in Beverly Hills too long you become a Mercedes.Robert Redford
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.Carl Sagan
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.Henri Poincare
What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer.Bertrand Russell