[Ernest Rutherford is]...a second Newton.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Are you seeking to be offended?

Dancing in the rain is better than despairing in the storm.

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

When people throw shade, shine brighter!

Tell me where it is gone — then I will tell you where it came from.

The real objection to the great majority of cats is their insufferable air of superiority.

I don't think anybody ever saw anybody taking anything.

My poetry had the same functional origin and the same formal configuration as teenage acne.