It's a very bad habit, but one I find hard to break.

Hubris and science are incompatible.

Once again, we shall have to operate not only outside the box, but outside the room containing the box.

My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I ever did later.

I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.

One can reach the gates of hell just as easily by short steps as by large.

We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.

The wise and good are outnumbered a thousand to one by the brutal and stupid.

My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing.

There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

Retribution is just outstanding.

The point is, if we find out you’ve been horrible to Harry —”“— and make no mistake, we’ll hear about it.“even if you won’t let Harry use the fellytone

The Bush administration made us nostalgic for ... well, any other time in history.

I like people like Tina Turner, Chrissie Hynde, Debbie Harry, and Stevie Nicks; you only hear that person in their voice, they sound like nobody else.

Presidents in both parties - from John F. Kennedy to Ronald Reagan - have known that our free-enterprise economy is the source of our middle-class prosperity.

So much must I live for others, that almost I am a stranger to myself.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

I knew there was a reason I didnt turn you into a banana slug." Leonid'd eyes widened. "No banana slug! Please!" "It was a compliement, silly. Forbidden is good! Sadie likes forbidden!

Contradiction itself, far from always being a criterion of error, is sometimes a sign of truth.

I plan to do my next two albums with Lady Gaga . She is quite a talent.