Poems List

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It does not follow that every item which we confidently accept as physical knowledge has actually been certified by the Court; our confidence is that it would be certified by the Court if it were submitted. But it does follow that every item of physical knowledge is of a form which might be submitted to the Court. It must be such that we can specify (although it may be impracticable to carry out) an observational procedure which would decide whether it is true or not. Clearly a statement cannot be tested by observation unless it is an assertion about the results of observation. Every item of physical knowledge must therefore be an assertion of what has been or would be the result of carrying out a specified observational procedure.

The perfect man of action, is the suicide.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars.

Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

We have found a strange footprint on the shores of the unknown. We have devised profound theories, one after another, to account for its origins. At last, we have succeeded in reconstructing the creature that made the footprint. And lo! It is our own.

Sanity is a cozy lie.

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extrordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

Power is the ability not to have to please.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Oh! love!... That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.

The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick, not wounded: dead.

The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

Keep thy religion to thyself.