"“Politics,” he spat. “Everyone is always looking for material to use against everybody else.”"

"Complexity should be your excuse for inaction."

"Pure science is no more and no less than the logical process of deduction and experimentation upon observable events.…"

"There is no loss, if you cannot remember what you have lost."

"A scientific argument must have some degree of data, some…some sniff of theoretical basis behind it; otherwise it’s n…"

"The roads were defined merely by the place where the mud was most pressed down."

"“Do you think you’ve ever made a difference to the course of linear events?” I inquired. “Have you, personally, ever …"

"Knowledge is not a substitute for ingenuity, merely an accelerant."

"“Go with it?”… “Don’t fight against inevitability,” I translated loosely. “Life is until it is not, so why get fussed…"

"Men must be decent first and brilliant later, otherwise you’re not helping people, just servicing the machine."