I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes.

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

With their four-dimensional minds, and in their interdisciplinary ultra verbal way, geologists can wiggle out of almost anything.

Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are books. They have a different vocabulary, a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them.

In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.

The doctor listens in with a stethoscope and hears sounds of a warpath Indian drum.

Taking things from one source is plagiarism; taking things from several sources is research.

Writing is a suspension of life in order to re-create life

I can't stand a sentence until it sounds right.

Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders.

Catch and release fishing may be cruelty masquerading as political correctness

Collaboration is key, it takes innovation and creativity to the next room.

It's hard to pay attention to those who don't believe in you, when you are busy attending to the daily demands of your goals.

Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.

There is no Champollion to decipher the Egypt of every man's and every being's face. Physiognomy, like every other human science,is but a passing fable.

Something has gone wrong with Ronnie... He wasn't like that before. I don't know what went wrong with him.

Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.

I do think that campaigns are about electing somebody, but they're also about a discussion of the future of our country.

The only thing better than succeeding is watching people you know fail.

The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want is free elections.

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.