Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic.

Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.

The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.

If you hack the Vatican server, have you tampered in God's domain?

There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.

Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.

Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.

Sometimes to heal, you must first get hurt.

Life is like an analogy.

Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.

No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.

If my stupidity makes you smile, I rather prefer to act always as stupid.

I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.

Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear.

The movie feels to me like a real work of lovely art.

These days the temptation to use steroids in sports has become too great for many young athletes.

Aspirations pure and high Strength to do and to endure Heir of all the Ages, I Lo! I am no longer poor!

We don't own the earth. We are the earth's caretakers...we take care of it and all the things on it. And when we're done with it, it should be left better than we found it.

Being free is a state of mind.

Liaison usually involving two people and their dirty dishes.