“Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at a certain date, of Professors X, Y, and Z....”

“Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.”

“Las palabras, como los rayos X, atraviesan cualquier cosa, si uno las emplea bien.”

“You've got to be hurt and upset; otherwise you can't think of the really good, penetrating, X-rayish phrases.”

“Even science must sometimes be treated as a possible enemy. Yes even science.”

“Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.”

“It isn’t only art that is incompatible with happiness, it’s also science. Science is dangerous, we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled.”