Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!

Books are keys that open many doors -- James Rollins

When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back

It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

Festina lente. Make haste slowly.

The truth is often one's best shield.

Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to be rediscovered ages later.

The strong were always eating the weak.

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.

Don't let the doubt in, because when it does it ruins everything.

Your name is a golden bell hung in my heart. I would break my body to pieces to call you once by your name.

Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game.

I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.

There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.

What did a few ripples in the flesh matter when, all too soon, now or later, that flesh would be making its return journey to dust?

Our common humanity is more important than all the things that divide us.

The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.

When we were growing up, our mother taught us never to have your belly button exposed.

To me, baseball has always been a reflection of life. Like life, it adjusts. It survives everything.