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There was something ghost-like and insubstantial about gases to these early chemists. They called liquids that turned into gases easily, "spirits." Me...more

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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

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To insult someone we call him 'bestial'. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

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Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

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And just how did you arrive at that remarkable conclusion, Mr. Mayor?""In a rather simple way. It merely required the use of that much-neglected commo...more

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Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

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I tell you it's deadly when you start thinking your wife might be right.

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Once, when a religionist denounced me in unmeasured terms, I sent him a card saying, "I am sure you believe that I will go to hell when I die, and tha...more

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Despite all that education and experience can do, I retain a certain level of unsophistication that I cannot eradicate and that my friends find amusin...more

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Have you ever come across something you couldn't explain?""Explain in what way? I could explain a ghost by saying, 'yes, that's a ghost.' I take it, t...more