"Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry."

"Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty—some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain."

"I just want to understand the world, and I find that the best way to do that is to ask a lot of questions."

"Oh. That's interesting. (This entire scene is very typical of Dirac. In fact, that is comparatively a lot of words for him to have said to a stranger.)"

"The thing that doesn't fit is the thing that is most interesting."