Falling in love indicated that your genes were complementary to those of the loved one. It told you nothing about when your personalities and sexualities were compatible.

The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.

I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.

The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission.

What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?

Change the problem by changing your mind.

The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.

All life is a struggle for existence. Why should it cease to be a struggle if it spreads among the stars?

"Anyway... I find what you write interesting." "That's what people usually say when they disagree with it."

Of all the sciences, astronomy was the one the superstitious liked least.

For us scientists, on the other wing, life is not quite so simple. Because we learn the unknown. Unlike, hah-hah, our esteemed friends the philosophers, who learn the unknowable.

There's no better makeup than confidence

It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

Enlightenment doesn't simply mean being in heavenly states of mind. It doesn't mean being a saint.

Each man delights in the work that suits him best.

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a "talent;" my sole concern has been to save myself by work and faith.

I accept that climate change is a challenge, I accept the broad theory about global warming. I am sceptical about a lot of the more gloomy predictions.

I grew up as an only child. I think it might just be that my dad really didn't care that I was a girl. "You're gonna do certain things 'cause I want you to, and that's the way it is."

If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.

The path to success used to be up and through an organization. Now the path to success is increasingly through self-promotion.