The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. Use this quote
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. Use this quote
It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. Use this quote
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. Use this quote
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. Use this quote
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. Use this quote
A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession. Use this quote
My whole thing is to agree to disagree and to have respect because nothing can really be changed and you wouldn't want to ruin their happiness - even if that happiness is ignorance. Use this quote
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science. Use this quote
It's important to fall in love with someone you don't want to change. Use this quote
We have reduced sales tax on food. Now we want it eliminated. Use this quote
Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art. Use this quote
Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself. Use this quote
I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence. Use this quote
Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science. Use this quote
Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world. Use this quote
I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Use this quote
Roman Polanski is a man who cares deeply about his art and its place in this world. What happened to him on his incredible path is filled with tragedy, and most men would have collapsed. Instead, he became a great artist and continues to make great films. Use this quote
A satellite has no conscience. Use this quote
In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible. Use this quote