“If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.”

“Given the power and influence that science increasingly has in our daily lives, it is important that we as citizens of an open and democratic society learn to separate good science from bunk. This is not just a matter of intellectual curiosity, as it affects where large portions of our tax money go, and in some cases even whether people’s lives are lost as a result of nonsense.”

“[T]he downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as lacking in critical thinking as the one of the true believer, and that simply does not help either science or the public at large.”

“[T]he nature of science is not that of a steady, linear progression toward the Truth, but rather a tortuous road, often characterized by dead ends and U-turns, and yet ultimately inching toward a better, if tentative, understanding of the natural world.”

“If you can design one thing, you can design everything.”

“I don't think that type should be expressive at all. I can write the word 'dog' with any typeface and it doesn't have to look like a dog. But there are people that [think that] when they write 'dog' it should bark.”

“Gli uomini attribuiscono troppo peso alle emozioni, confondendole con i sentimenti.Le emozioni servono a ricordarti in ogni momento il colore dei tuoi pensieri, ma hanno una natura violenta e breve.Per questo ti lasciano sempre insoddisfatto, alimentando rimpianti e nostalgie.I sentimenti invece sono un mare profondo e stabile, che evapora solo quando diventa stagnante.”