Should we force science down the throats of those that have no taste for it ? Is it our duty to drag them kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century ? I am afraid that it is.

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.

To feed applied science by starving basic science is like economising on the foundations of a building so that it may be built higher. It is only a matter of time before the whole edifice crumbles.

Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. ... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.

We may be finished with the past but the past is not finished with us.

No matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person.

The gratification of desire is not happiness.

Every actor you learn from, take something from everyone - big actor or not. Whether they're big movie stars or not doesn't really matter.

I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.

I may be biased, but I think the cover art is stunning.

Love is the bright foreigner, the foreign self.

You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.

If something rad is going on and it has to do with film, I want to be there. If it's getting coffee, I don't care. It's a passion of mine.