The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear.

In order for a society to survive, it must generate a sufficient level of physical production both to meet its current needs, and to produce a surplus for upgrading its productive powers.

Strength isn't about bearing a cross of grief or shame. Strength comes from choosing your own path, and living with the consequences.

I just keep thinking about putting up good numbers, playing hard and winning games.

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

Technology is ruled by two types of people: those who manage what they do not understand, and those who understand what they do not manage.

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

The first couple of years in the minors were tough for me. My numbers were there, but being away from home so young was tough.

I always dreamed of making it in baseball, but life has moved pretty quickly for me.

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.

impossible is not a word

Can all this just be an accident? Or could there be some alien intelligence behind it?

Embrace your dreams ... If you wanna be a hero, you gotta have dreams.

If you could blow the brain up to the size of a mill and walk about inside, you would not find consciousness.

Colombia is a different country today. The state is now present in every single corner, the drug lords are in jail or dead. So we have the means to guarantee the security of FARC politicians.

Cuban cigars is a big expense because I do smoke a lot of them, eight to 12 a day, so that would be almost as bad as a cocaine habit, a hundred bucks a day.

America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.

But once you get down to reality, there's no one to play her and there's no movie. It would be ridiculous.

Expressed affection is the best of all methods to use when you want to light a glow in someone's heart and to feel it in your own.

The sword of Mahomet, and the Coran, are the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and Truth, which the world has yet known.