“In politics, religion and other areas of culture, people disagree on t...” — Nathan Myhrvold Quote

“In politics, religion and other areas of culture, people disagree on the worth of competing ideas. There is no equivalent to the scientific method that can determine in a robust way which ideas match the real world, and which ones can be ruled out. So conflicting ideologies persist indefinitely.”

“Pressure cookers are relatively inexpensive, they're in every kitchen store, your grandma probably had one, but a lot of people don't. A pressure cooker is interesting because by pressurizing the vessel, you're able to cook much hotter than the boiling point of water, and still have water be present.”

“Sooner or later the space program will need to save us by detecting and deflecting an incoming asteroid.”

“Raw lobster tail, freeze dried, is amazing.”

“I have a very pragmatic approach to diets. Ones you can't stick to don't do you any good. Some people say, 'Just eat half of what's on your plate,' but I can't do that!”

“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty.”

“What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.”

“The language of politics is spoken in the first-person plural, and for Conservatives, the duty of the politician is to maintain that first-person plural in being.”

“Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something.”

“Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.”

“I wish I was less good-looking and more unpopular. Then I could get into politics and use my pent-up resentment about being ugly and unpopular to systematically destroy the country.”