“[I]n science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.”

“I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.”

“It has nothing to do with belief. It's a fact. It's the truth! As a scientist, I know it's true because science is based on skepticism. We consider all possibilities equally and decide on facts based on what stands up to empirical evidence. Which is how I know that you gomers are absolutely and totally wrong.”

“No matter how various the subject matter I write on, I was a science-fiction writer first and it is as a science-fiction writer that I want to be identified.”

“To science, not even the bark of a tree or a drop of pond water is dull or a handful of dirt banal. They all arouse awe and wonder.”

“The fact is all lives matter. That includes black, and it includes white, and it includes everybody else. And we have… Democrats that are afraid to even say that.”

“I soon made myself a nuisance by asking far too many questions of everybody. Every happening in the neighborhood, no matter how trivial, became my business.”

“Your feminist premise should be: I matter. I matter equally. Not “if only.” Not “as long as.” I matter equally. Full stop.”

“Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally.”

“The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.”