Chance favours the trained mind.

The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. Science brings men nearer to God.

Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot." (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)

One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.

Question your priorities often, make sure God always comes first.

A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.

To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.

Now she wanted for me the same thing I thought I wanted. Acceptance, in her eyes, was simply another means for survival.

If you don't quit and don't cheat and don't run home when trouble arrives you can only win.

Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.

I like showing moms what it's really like having a baby, and how it's not Hollywood life.

The president is always made fun of.

The cheaper books become, the less money is spent on books.

What is a vow... but the mouth repeating what the heart has already promised?

If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them - the one, in fact, which is not a mask.