The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers

God seems to have left the receiver off the hook and time is running out

The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it does not know how to use

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards

The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know

Creativity in science could be described as the act of putting two and two together to make five

Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears

If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to stick it out