He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.

she is born in the breath of a cloud

The same few dozen organic molecules are used over and over again in biology for the widest variety of functions.

What I like about graduation speeches is that they're an opportunity for someone to make sense of their life and to impart that wisdom to someone else. It's like a sanctioned self-help moment.

I think people in England take things for granted, we complain about our NHS system and yes it's not perfect but believe me it's far better than what they've got here.

There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.

In 1995, I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

I don't really care what music's made on - I love guitars, but I'm fine with great electronic music.

The only thing wrong with the U.S. economy is the failure of the Republican Party to play Santa Claus.

Morbid attention is when we focus only on the shortcomings that come with aging, which are inevitable, and think that everything that is wrong is a result of aging.

Poetry is either language lit up by life or life lit up by language

Open the window of your heart and let the Spirit speak