For nature is good, an man is 'by nature' good; it is civilization which ruins him

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

How terribly sad it was that people are made in such a way that they get used to something as extraordinary as living.

The most subversive people are those who ask questions.

An answer is always on the stretch of road that is behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.

The question of whether a thing is right or wrong, good or bad, must always be considered in relation to a persons needs.

Wasn’t it extraordinary to be in the world right now, wandering around in a wonderful adventure!

Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

We are thrown together with a sprinkling of stardust.

Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

I live for the moments that won't die in my memory.

I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.

I am a gift of joy that God gives to a wonderful world.

I came to Ireland 20 years ago as a student, hitch-hiking round for a week and staying in Dublin.

If anything can be invented more excruciating than an English Opera, such as was the fashion at the time I was in London, I am sure no sin of mine deserves the punishment of bearing it.

There is no security in life, only opportunity.

Being rejected is not nice, and it never gets any easier no matter where you are in your career.

For all problems of existence are essentially problems of harmony.

Did you really invent the computer, or am I being pranked right now?

It is certainly possible that someone who has had contact with this patient could develop Ebola, but there is no doubt in my mind that we will stop it here.