All I ever aim to do is to put the Development hypothesis in the same coach as the creation one. It will only be a question of who is to ride outside & who in after all.

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them, and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of plants themselves.

I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book than of any other on Nat. Hist. Science.

I was aware of Darwin's views fourteen years before I adopted them and I have done so solely and entirely from an independent study of the plants themselves.[Letter to W.H. Harvey]

I expect to think that I would rather be author of your book [The Origin of Species] than of any other on Nat. Hist. Science.[Letter to Charles Darwin 12 Dec 1859]

You must not end your life because you failed an examination. Failing an examination or making a mistake does not make you a failure at life. The context of life is broader than that.

Life is impoverished, it loses in interest, when the highest stake in the game of living, life itself, may not be risked. It becomes as shallow and empty as, let us say, an American flirtation.

The addict's reliance on the drug to reawaken her dulled feelings is no adolescent caprice. The dullness is itself a consequence of an emotional malfunction not of her making

It can be nerve wracking if you walk into the interview and you're not sure what to expect.

I'm like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.

No, the United States does not target civilians.

I was never trying, necessarily, to be an outlaw. It was just the place in which I found myself.

Theater makes working in movies or TV seem like a cake-walk.

I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.

An artist's saddest secrets are those that have to do with his artistry.