Describing his experience with the sting of an extremely toxic jellyfish, he did something you don't often see a scientist do: he shivered.

She was torn between her customer service training and her youthful certitude.

He left to do whatever editors do.

The thing about Ayers Rock is that by the time you finally get there you are already a little sick of it.

Perhaps it’s my natural pessimism, but it seems that an awfully large part of travel these days is to see things while you still can.

It was so bad, it was worth more than we paid.

You are totally at the mercy of nature in this country, mate. It's just a fact of life.

Human sympathy has its limits.

age is a state of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Yet a little sleep a little slumber a little folding of the hands to sleep.

There are times where I've made mistakes or our administration hasn't always aligned ourselves with the values we need to align ourselves with. It's a work of constant improvement.

I'm a science fiction and fantasy geek.

I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then with middle age, something happens and you go into the wilderness.

If the truth isn't enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it.

Not everybody paints what the public will pay for. The method in which an artist receives money is nobody's business, what matters is that paintings are produced.

True repentance does not permit repetition.

I don't need the audience, but sometimes it's nice to have a gauge - not so I know how I feel, but so I get what is or isn't working for moviegoers.