“Man who is without the arts is little above the beasts of the field.”

“Nothing is as good when you have it as it is bad when it's gone.”

“I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”

“The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”

“The four stages of acceptance:1. This is worthless nonsense.2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view.3. This is true, but quite unimportant.4. I always said so."(Review of The Truth About Death, in: Journal of Genetics 1963, Vol. 58, p.464)”

“If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.”

“There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.”