After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967.

I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.

I was by far the youngest of the family, and at times it was like being an only child.

I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university.

At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys.

Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem.

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal.

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot.

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

It has been a privilege to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to see how it might help mankind in more practical ways.

The second whiskey is always my favorite. From the third on, it no longer has any taste. It's just something to pour into your stomach.

I have "come back" [to music scene] so many times, people are just like, Is this another one?... It's kind of like a joke to me now.

I vote Democrat because I believe liberal judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.

Two young, fit, healthy attractive people in love? There’s nothing worse to look at in the world.

My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.

I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping.

Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy has been made to suffer.

We shall not benefit from reading the Old Testament unless we look for and meditate on the glory of Christ in its pages.

I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money, I'll do what you want me to do.

Half-Life is the finest implementation of a game on rails anybody has ever done