It was not noisy prejudice that caused the work of Mendel to lie dead for thirty years, but the sheer inability of contemporary opinion to distinguish between a new idea and nonsense.

If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been completely stated.

The fundamental activity of medical science is to determine the ultimate causation of disease.

Disease often tells its secrets in a casual parenthesis.

When teaching someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary, and more from the way the boundary is established.

It was as if my sould had left my body, floated up to the ceiling, and was watching me destroy my own career with one deliberately assaultive punch. (Dark City Lights)

What's important is the ambition that results from our weakness.

I am not qualified to be a Dame. To be Dame you have to represent England in a way that I don't.

There are also a number of humans living up there (Canada), and in many ways they have a lifestyle quite similar to ours, including such traditional American activities as driving Japanese cars.

On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries.

The camera's perspective exactly matches that of the assassin: it now shoots the tourists shooting their own memorial photos, and we can watch this in real time.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

I am not worthy to be on a Mariah Carey record. She's a true artist, so I just step back and watch the genius occur.

We can fight the global economy with a strong local economy.