I shall mention in passing just one example of a gift from the Arabs that I for one am rather grateful for: coffee -- especially as it was originally banned in Europe as a 'Muslim drink.

Time doesn't flow at the same rate for everyone. You can change time. You can slow it down, you can speed it up.

For me, I think the greatest achievements of science is to allow humanity to realize that our world is comprehensible. Through science, rational thinking, we can understand how the universe works.

As the son of a Protestant Christian mother and a Shia Muslim father, I have nevertheless ended up without a religious bone in my body.

I find it more comfortable to say I'm an atheist, and for that I probably have someone like Dawkins to thank.

A fleeting second on someone's news feed, No dearth of meanings for those who read, Not my stories but 'tis what I think, I say I don't write poems, I just write dreams.

Books think for me.

Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers.

Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.

The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.

Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet but leave the handle out for immediate use.

I think the US and UK thought if they gave a bit more time to Israel, they would crush Hezbollah. But it became very obvious that was an unwinnable war.

As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.

I'm like a surfer right now. I'm just surfing the wave. Except that I can't swim, so I'm on the board trying to hold on tight.

I visualized high school as being like ‘Saved By the Bell.’