“Richard Nixon, famously, conducted his foreign policy according to the...” — Lawrence M. Krauss Quote

“Richard Nixon, famously, conducted his foreign policy according to the 'madman theory': he tried to convince enemy leaders that he was irrational and volatile in an attempt to intimidate them. But this was a potentially useful approach to foreign policy only because it was an act.”

“I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false.”

“The illusion of purpose and design is perhaps the most pervasive illusion about nature that science has to confront on a daily basis.”

“As I have often said, not understanding something is not evidence for God or human frailty. It is just evidence of not understanding. And it should be an invitation to explore and learn.”

“Local order in parts of the universe is always possible at the expense of heat and disorder dissipated to the external environment. The human body is one example: we take in energy from our environment to build up complex molecules that help power our bodies, and, in doing so, we release heat to the world around us.”

“Carlyle did thousands and thousands of deals, and the vast majority of them went well or went very well. Occasionally, ones don't go exactly according to plan, and that's where I think Carlyle sometimes did our best work.”

“The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.”

“I think evangelicals would do better if they concentrated less on bolstering the formal authority of the Scripture - which I certainly would want to affirm - and more on displaying how biblical texts can shape lives in salutary ways, how they are fruitful texts, how they are texts one can live according to.”

“What is right and what is wrong keeps changing according to time.”

“I realize that, to many readers, Hard Fantasy may seem to be a contradiction in terms. Fantasy, according to most generally recognized definitions, differs from both 'real world' fiction and 'science fiction' in that magic or magical creatures are active elements.”