There is a much higher probability that a first-class scholar should commit an error than that an author who usually writes nonsense should have one good idea.

... All that we may ever hope to establish in historical research are facts and conditions but never causes.

It seems to me that all the evidence points to Apollonius as the founder of Greek mathematical astronomy.

No one has yet invented a system of education that is capable of ruining everyone.

As for meat, let me say it upfront:Humans haven’t fully adapted to eating meat.

Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. Real hope combined with doing nothing has never pulled me through.

I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong.

If he isn't named footballer of the year, football should be stopped and the men who picked any other player should be sent to Kremlin. (on Tommy Smith)

The surest way to find an actively managed fund that will have top-quartile returns is to look for a fund that has bottom-quartile expenses.

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

I liked discussion and debate and thought that these skills fit well with law. I also had an interest in justice - and later learned that sometimes law and justice actually agree!

I was willing to do anything that Chris Carter wrote.

Acting is a strange job because your control is very limited.

I watch a happy person doing stand-up, and I go, "What the hell is this? This person's happy!" You need internal conflict. You need the guy to be out of step with society. It's a tool for comedy.