I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of the quality of academic work under review.

Sometimes being happy takes effort. Invest time and energy in yourself and your happiness.

Fish are small, but do not drown in the sea. Ships are big, but sink in the ocean.

Ah remember walkin along Princes Street wi Spud, we both hate walkin along that hideous street, deadened by tourists and shoppers, the twin curse ay modern capitalism.

If I see another game that involves a kidnapped princess, queen, king or other royal family member, I'll scream. In the same vein, I think the karate genre has been done to death.

If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you start a war inside yourself.

If I were dead and buried And I heard your voice, Beneath the sod My heart of dust Would still rejoice.

God doesn't have any grandchildren.

Hatred and fear blind us. We no longer see each other. We see only the faces of monsters, and that gives us the courage to destroy each other.

Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves.

A million years of evolution, Eric said bitterly, and what are we? Animals.