“For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, letha...”

“Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice...”

“Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.”

“The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor gre...”

“In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the futu...”

“Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.”

“My dad was a composer and a musician, but he never finished high school. His formal education was rather minimal from the standard...”

“I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.”

“The Life at Conception Act legislatively declares what most Americans believe and what science has long known - that human life be...”

“Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.”

“Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding...”

“It is the public that is illiterate in science and math, a lazy press, and environmental advocacy groups that manufacture fear for...”