“How blind and unreasoning and arbitrary are some of the laws of nature - the most of them, in fact!”

“How empty is theory in the presence of fact!”

“Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them.”

“First get the facts, you can distort them later”

“Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.”

“I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing.”

“Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.”