I knew my purpose well and clear: to show how Nature behaves without cluttering its beauty with abtruse mathematics.

What we do, if we are successful, is to stir interest in the matter at hand, awaken enthusiasm for it, arouse a curiosity, kindle a feeling, fire up the imagination.

The teacher must herself be excited if she is to sell her goods. And she can do an exciting job in stirring the student without herself knowing all the answers.

If I want a word, I make it. I don't like combustion. It's too quiet. I have some stuff in a state of combustication.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity, especially when it comes to bureaucrats in a government who has no clueabout money matters

Love is like a musical score, sometimes very tuneful, creating a harmony of sounds, sometimes extremely harsh, striking a hell of false notes. (“Love lying fallow “)

The notion that everyone would like Christianity to be true, and therefore all atheists are brave men who have accepted the defeat of all their deepest desires, is simply impudent nonsense.

Good humor, like the jaundice, makes every one of its own complexion.

How could one create life with someone who represented death?

I grew up as a kid being able to attend concerts, go to art museums. Santa Barbara was a rich cultural community, and I had access to everything. I think that shaped me as an artist.

Don Ho can sign autographs 3.4 times faster than Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

I do not believe there is a natural resource economics. I believe there is good economics and bad economics.

People who are under certain stress have aquariums. Aquariums are classically either a reproduction of nature or a decorative element, like the ones you can see in big hotels.

Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens.