I've always found the world is the most extraordinarily fascinating place and the more data you get, the more you can actually put pieces into this jigsaw.

Dance, my darling dance! If you dance then death can't catch you! Nothing bad can touch you! Dance!

There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by desiring little.

If you want intelligent children give them a book. If you want more intelligent children give them more books.

A book can change the world... Every book a child reads creates new neurons in that child's brain.

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating.

The song and dance didn't stop us dying. It just stopped the fear of death swallowing us up while we were still alive.

If something is worth doing you may as well go heart and soul and boot leather.

I might be able to find out what happened 6,000 years ago but I will never know what happens 6,000 years in the future! And that is not fair, blast it.

Morning: Slept. Afternoon: Slept. Evening: Ate grass. Night: Ate grass. Decided grass is boring. Scratched. Hard to reach the itchy bits. Slept.

For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource.

The unwounded life bears no resemblance to the Rabbi.

The particulars of life do not matter to the artist

Anybody who has been seriously engaged in scientific work of any kind realizes that over the entrance to the gates of the temple of science are written the words: 'Ye must have faith.'

The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.

We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.

When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.

children like change - for one thing, they never anticipate regret.

A good test of a relationship is how a person responds to the word 'no.' Love respects 'no,' control does not.

One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America.

It is impossible to worship God acceptably and not come to Him in right relationship to...the Word of God.