If we are going to live with our deepest differences then we must learn about one another.

I love trains. It's the only way to travel anymore where it doesn't involve a TSA agent slowly tracing the curve of my inner thigh.

To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash.

The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.

How long can you hear someone crying - how long can you hear someone dying - before you ask yourself why?

I do feel we have several great keepers on this team. We just need to get them that experience.

It takes me a long time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog.

In a way, I was incredibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).

You can never be too far away from a disaster, because there is no disaster-free zone in this entire universe!

The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.

Race prejudice decreases values, both real estate and human.