You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.

You have to hatch ideas -- and then hitch them.

Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a read more

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." read more

In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.

The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.