"I and this mystery, here we stand."

“We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation.”

“The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live.”

“For heaven's sake, don't write writing. Write reading!”

Source : Avi (2008). “A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End: The Right Way to Write Writing”, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“It is very strange that men should deny a Creator and yet attribute to themselves the power of creating eels.”

“I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science.”

Source : "Some Reflections on the Present Status of Organic Chemistry, in Science and Human Progress". Addresses at the Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Mellon Institute, 1963.

“A simple equation for the production of successful art work is lots of reference material plus lots of art supplies equals lots of painting happiness.”

“The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.”

“Today, while the titular head of the family may still be the father, everyone knows that he is little more than chairman, at most, of the entertainment committee.”