Orlando said it was important for scientists to have minds kept open by literature, and souls touched by the creativity of art.

His gaze glossed over a stack of wooden crates and landed on a steamer trunk that was covered with stickers from all over the world.

It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are.

I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.

Don’t use the language of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ when talking about blood sugar numbers – these are data points, not judgments of your ability to manage your diabetes.

Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.

If you eat dead, toasted, fried or frozen food, you will feel dead, toasted, fried and frozen.

The first step is to establish that something is possible; then probability will occur.

Catholic girls with tiny little mustaches.

My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.

My sister and I both benefited hugely from the great security that our parents had given us, and then we went off and squandered it all rushing around in showbiz.