"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
— Aldous Huxley

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
— Isaac Asimov

"If I had a large amount of money I should certainly found a hospital for those whose grip upon the world is so tenuous that they can be severely offended by words and phrases and yet remain all unoffended by the injustice, violence and oppression that howls daily about our ears."
— Stephen Fry (Paperweight)

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
— Isaac Asimov

"Life contains these things: leakage and wickage and discharge, pus and snot and slime and gleet. We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget."
— Mary Roach

""Worry lives a long way from rational thought."---Self"
— Mary Roach

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
— Abraham Lincoln

"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
— G.K. Chesterton

"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
— Kurt Vonnegut

"Women are like teabags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"The short answer to that is 'no'. The long answer is 'f*** no'."
— Stephen Fry

"Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck."
— Joss Whedon

"How can one not be fond of something that the "Daily Mail" despises?"
— Stephen Fry

"Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you."
— John Scalzi