Invoking unique, supernatural, or extraordinary causes to explain natural history was to Buffon both unnecessary and unproductive. - Brent Dalrymple

If two or more radiometric clocks running at different rates give the same age, this is powerful evidence that the ages are correct.

Estimates of the age of the Earth made prior to about 1950, biblical or otherwise, are all wrong, because they were based on methods now known to be invalid.

Our current understanding of the chronology of the universe, Galaxy, and Solar System represents the fulfillment of a quest that required more than two centuries of endeavor and surely is one of the most notable and spectacular achievements of modern science.