However high we climb in the pursuit of knowledge we shall still see heights above us, and the more we extend our view, the more conscious we shall be of the immensity which lies beyond.

In the sinking sand, where we’ve come to rest, have I had a hand in your loneliness?

Yawn. String-on-a-stick. Fine. I'll come out and chase itto make you happy.

It is very important that when you put something on the grill, you leave it in place to cook. If you move it around too quickly, chances are it is going to stick.

If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.

The science has changed from ambiguous to near-unanimous... Based on the data I'm now switching sides regarding global warming, from skeptic to convert.

Err Houston, we've had a problem. [pause] We've had a main B bus undervolt.

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.

It is not OK for anyone to be obese. There needs to be a cultural shift.

All myths that are something more than fancies gain rather than lose in value with time, by reason of the accretions of human experience.

I am puzzled that Conway Morris apparently doesn't grasp the equally strong (and inevitable) personal preferences embedded in his own view of life.