There is simple ignorance, not knowing, and willful ignorance that refuses to know, that covers the light of knowledge with the dark blanket of bias.

I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

Normal' is a dryer setting.

I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother?

It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.

So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it.

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.

I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

Be Chris LeDoux, Not Garth Brooks

I never took a position we were going to be a good ball club. I took the position we were going to be a winning ball club.

Well, you know what they say. A bullet always tells the truth.

As Donald Trump continues to dominate the 2016 field, the Republican establishment's low-grade anxiety is becoming an all-out panic

There's definitely something about the acting that's the most fun.

A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause

Reforms are not an end in itself. Reforms must have a concrete objective.

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace.

Always remember... How you handle obstacles will always be a key factor in determining your ability to achieve success.