Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

It is not faith per se that creates the problem; it is conviction, the notion that one cannot be wrong, that opposing views are necessarily invalid and may even be intolerable.

The uplifters are forever running around telling blockheads they would do better if they would believe in themselves. But they already do. That is why they are blockheads.

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

... the truth is that when your people don't tell you what you need to know, it's a failure of leadership.

We could never know who we truly were until we heard the whispers of the stars.

Boundaries have no existence save on charts or in small minds. Nature does not draw lines.

Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

Show me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.

Universal deities ... never seem to smile. Not in any culture. What's the point of having omnipotence if you don't enjoy it?

The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

Paint me by numbers and colour me in watercolour half tones.

You never saw such a crazy cat. 'Up the wall' took on a literal meaning.

Look for foods that create beauty from the inside out. Instead of coating yourself in chemical laden beauty products, why not try to get healthy skin from the foods you eat.

The more we mask ourselves, the freer we're able to be within ourselves.

The last time I didn't sexually harass someone here at the campaign, I didn't pay them $850,000 dollars.

I hurt myself doing a fight scene with some dwarves.

Seek greater knowledge and you shall possess greater truth

I believe that the quantum of our knowledge will increase considerably in the coming years and that scientists will continue to be amongst the brave voices speaking out.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.