Churchmen sought to introduce rational trial procedures and sophisticated legal principles in place of the superstition-based trial by ordeal that had characterized the Germanic legal order.

Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians.

The father of Egyptology was Father Athanasius Kircher.

Jesuits so dominated the study of earthquakes that seismology became known as 'the Jesuit Science.

Father Roger Boscovich is often credited as the father of modern atomic theory.

Father Nicholas Steno, is often identified as the father of geology.

The first person to measure the rate of acceleration of a free falling body was Father Giambattista Riccioli.

The idea of formulated 'rights ... comes not from John Locke and Thomas Jefferson ... but from the canon law of the Catholic Church.

It was Francisco de Vitoria, a Catholic priest and professor, who earned the title of father of international law.

The university system, a gift of Western civilization to the world, was developed by the Catholic Church.

May the music rock and the guys be hot

There is always a solution to any challenging situation.

But it is never about who has given what. That is not the way of gifts. This is not a business we are conducting.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

If you believe in love, you're setting yourself up to be disappointed.

I played at my church every once in a while, but that's not a good gauge, because everybody loves you at your church.

There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.

When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.

The international community should support a system of laws to regularize international relations and maintain the peace in the same manner that law governs national order.