My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.

Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.

The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.

Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

There are people who embrace the Oxford comma and those who don't, and I'll just say this: never get between these people when drink has been taken.

Proper punctuation is both the sign and the cause of clear thinking.

Old radio comedy makes me laugh, as well as 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue' and comedians like Paul Merton.

Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks now.

Texting is a supremely secretive medium of communication - it's like passing a note - and this means we should be very careful what we use it for.

Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface. To go deeper, we must accept the fact that we don't know everything

The genius inside a person wants activity. It’s connected to the stars

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

Women living their lives around the world, and the majority of the world is not white.

Only the person who does not evade conflict and directs his efforts in keeping with the course of society's development can be an effective leader.

The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.

An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.

To give importance to trifling matters.

Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.