"The intrinsic brightness of the Sun is fully 5,000 times as great as if the whole surface were formed of the molten steel just issuing from the Bessemer converter."

"As they say on my own Cape Cod, a rising tide lifts all the boats. And a partnership, by definition, serves…"

"Guarantees of equality and non-discrimination are necessary for the internal stability of States, but non-d…"

"A few weeks before his death, he asked another Columbia philosopher, David Albert, about God. "Why is God m…"

"The word "religion" just means "law," the consideration of law and consequence. That's what interests me: w…"

"I often pray, though I’m not really sure Anyone’s listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He’s l…"

"I have a line in the last book about how to draw an invisible man, and it says, “I’m trying to be transpare…"