Do not be sad that all odds are against you

But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things.

Even when we allow our imaginations to run wild on the joys of heaven, we find that our minds are incapable of conceiving what it will be like.

Good always has a price, Marcus. Evil comes free.

Wetenschap is wat wetenschappers doen - Science is what scientists do.

I must be allowed to be as I am.

I don't want it all to be pretty - it's a combination of loss and gain. Things are born, live and hang in limbo. That's what life's about.

You can't get much more liberal than John Kerry is. I mean, he's my candidate, but, I mean, come on.

To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

I’d say that music is my wife, acting's my mistress – I like 'em both, so I hope I don’t have to choose.