One of the great joys of science has to be turning a thought that surfaced one night over a few beers into a full-blown project.

The Yankees have strict rules. You can have a mustache but no other facial hair.

But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it means, and you get the phrasing right.

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.

I am charmed by concrete poetry (but it's very hard to do well, I think) and in general by the idea of mixing the visual and the textual.

He was so popular you could barely look at him without being blinded by cool.

Thanks for everything.” “As you wish,” the captain said. If axes could frown, I’m sure he would have. “Stay sharp,” Carter told him.

The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit.

I want to form a political party that's based entirely on what music people listen to. To me, it's a much better barometer of what they think and feel than their political stance.

People Really Do Respect Those who are Willing to Speak their Truth