There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.

I am now convinced that theoretical physics is actually philosophy.

And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.

If God has made the world a perfect mechanism, He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it, we need not solve innumerable differential equations, but can use dice with fair success.

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the scientific method.

Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible; reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless. Even the possible can be senseless.

If God has made the world a perfect mechanism He has at least conceded so much to our imperfect intellect that in order to predict little parts of it we need not solve innumerable differential equations but can use dice with fair success.

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

I think, as an actor, you're constantly confronted with your fear of sticking your neck out.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.

Go up close to your friend, but do not go over to him! We should also respect the enemy in our friend.

If you're a speech writer for a president, you don't really see all that much of him because there's so many layers between you and him. But with a vice president, it's different.

Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.

Fundamentalists believe Jesus was God becoming man. I believe that Jesus was man becoming God.

Be true to yourself.

Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.

Technologists and futurists call the mashup of digital info and physical space 'blended reality.'

I was always like, 'No, I don't like sci-fi,' and then I started watching it and thought, I didn't know that's what it was. I think I'd somehow got it confused with action and space-travel action - that sci-fi could only be like 'Star Wars.'

I can't complain. I'm making a living out of what I do, which is really rare for a lot of actors. The hard part is staying confident and staying with it.

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

A soulless city creates soulless people

I have always had problems with my voice, and the piano helped me believe the song could be bigger than my voice, and I could play with new melodies and things that I couldn't on guitar. It was easier to make the sound fuller and easier to get away with not being as good.

I just get silly inside my head and I start to think about something and in my head I start twisting it around, contorting it and envisioning it in different ways.

Labor Day is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race or nation.

I love kids.

My favorite place is whichever sidewalk is beneath my feet because I am just constantly fascinated by walking and looking and learning. If I've already walked a street five times, then the next five times I walk it looking up, and I learn something about the cornices.

That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

There is an actor's responsibility in presenting the emotional content of the lyrics to an audience. But whether you do that in a straightforward fashion or an ironic fashion or a blase fashion is all about opportunities, and singers are missing opportunities as artists if they don't pay attention to the lyric.

A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.

When I'm in love, I wake up happy.