Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

Life as we know it is our perception of reality.

People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbish

When you use positive words it naturally has a very dynamic effect on the energy present around you.

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

I want to touch you in real time not find you on YouTube, I want to walk next to you in the mountains not friend you on Facebook.

I never saw a pyramid, but I've seen photographs; I know what a pyramid or a sphinx looks like. There are pictures that do that, but they satisfy a different kind of interest.

But I'm still a work in progress. My mother calls me quite frequently with various critiques of my performance on TV and other public events. She's usually pretty severe with her comments.

People have offered me opportunities in exchange for sleeping with them. But it's not 1952 anymore.

Christians are rare people on earth.

In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailboating equipment, the gin and tonic.