I just think when extraordinary people are discovered, extraordinary exceptions should be made. " ~ Sarajane From Eden Forest (Part one of the Saskia Trilogy)

A sense of messianic purpose makes the national interest almost indistinguishable from the political interests of the president.

A number of small decisions, each appearing insignificant in the moment and made in isolation of one another, can result in a negative outcome.

To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows - and I needn't.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.

When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.

The first step... shall be to lose the way.

The e-mails are mainly about a controversy over a particular data set and the ways a particular small group of scientists have displayed that dataset.

No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

Let us preach grace till humility just starts to grow in us.