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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says read more
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them read more
The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up, there's no law against whacking them around a little.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite read more
Like the furtive collectors of stolen art, we [cell biologists] are forced to be lonely admirers of spectacular architecture, exquisite symmetry, dramas of violence and death, mobility, self-sacrifice and, yes, rococo sex.
In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.
