“The American people need no course in philosophy or political science ...” — Mario Cuomo Quote

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science of church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.

California is an unusual and electric kind of state - it's wonderful. All sorts of things happen there.

I had a chance to go on the Supreme Court of the United States, and my whole family was more disappointed in my deciding not to do that than in my deciding not to run for president - much more.

I will take a draft to the Yankees or to the Mets. A draft for president is not conceivable.

The mugger who is arrested is back on the street before the police officer, but the person mugged may not be back on the street for a long time, if ever.

One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also, a professional writer named Philip Klass taught there. He was a science fiction writer whose pseudonym was William Tenn. As a professional writer, he brought wisdom to teaching because he'd done it for a living.

The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

I feel very strongly indeed that a Cambridge education for our scientists should include some contact with the humanistic side. The gift of expression is important to them as scientists; the best research is wasted when it is extremely difficult to discover what it is all about ... It is even more important when scientists are called upon to play their part in the world of affairs, as is happening to an increasing extent.