Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

To worship a sacred mystery was just to worship your own ignorance.

I'm lazy! I hate work! Hate hard work in all its forms! Clever shortcuts, that's all I'm about!

Every mystery ever solved had been a puzzle from the dawn of the human species right up until someone solved it.

I only want power so I can get books.

What people really believe doesn't feel like a BELIEF, it feels like the way the world IS.

I don't want to rule the universe. I just think it could be more sensibly organised.

Okay, so either (a) I just teleported somewhere else entirely (b) they can fold space like no one's business or (c) they are simply ignoring all the rules.

World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.

But it is cute. It's such a boy thing to do.Drop dead.Aw, you say the most romantic things.

For an instant Harry imagined... Just for an instant, before his imagination blew a fuse and called an emergency shut down and told him never to imagine that again.

Walk in love and you will appreciate people for who they are.

Detachment is a basic requirement for seeking enlightenment. Anyone or anything we are attached to has power to manipulate us although we all have freedom to choose.

I think people think celebrities get babies really easily, like Angelina Jolie, but they don't hear about the ones who aren't successful because we don't like talking about it, it's too painful.

If we greatly expanded primary health care, lower the cost of prescription drugs, we take a giant step forward in lowering health care costs in America.

Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal. I think, male or female, that was a record number.

I think the lesson that I learnt very early on was to listen to people you work with, because you're all in it together.

What is reality if it isn't how we feel about things?

Governments never supply prosperity. At best, they can facilitate it, by allowing the free enterprise system to work. Usually they suppress it.

The climate is obviously changing dramatically.

The true mark of maturity is when someone hurts you and you try and understand their situation instead of hurting them back.