Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive. – George Eliot
Plainness has its peculiar temptations quite as much as beauty. – George Eliot
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. – George Eliot
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. – George Eliot
What I like about sceptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think: Crumbs, have I made a mistake here? If you dont have that continuously, you really are up the creek. The good sceptics have done a good service, but some of the mad ones I think have not done anyone any favours. – James Lovelock