There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.
A God you understood would be less than yourself.
I think there is no suffering greater than what is caused by the doubts of those who want to believe.
Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.
It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can get away with, but nobody has ever gotten away with much.
On the subject of the feminist business, I just never think. . . of qualities which are specifically feminine or masculine. I suppose I divide people into two classes: the Irksome and the Non-Irksome without regard to sex. Yes and there are the Medium Irksome and the Rare Irksome.
I am a Catholic not like someone else would be a Baptist or a Methodist, but like someone else would be an atheist.
The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different. '
Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but. . . ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct.
We need to believe that we're good people, and we'll do just about anything to maintain that perception.
I find it's better to focus on what's in front of you and to keep putting one foot in front of the other.