They [granddaughters] went to Disneyland and Alice proudly told Snow White: 'My grandmother is a famous atlas!' So that's nice - they're happy that I'm an atlas!

I think handbags, not so much clothes anymore, but I think you can tell a fashion victim by their handbag.

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

I don't feel like I am 66 at all. I feel more like I am 35. But I have a bus pass so it must be true.

To be a judge you don't have to know about books, you have to be skilled at picking shrapnel out of your head.

I've got lots of good friends. I could have affairs. I can read a book all night, put the cat on the end of the bed. I can pick up my passport and go to France. I don't have to ask anybody.

Sure, good things can go badly wrong. Nevertheless, there's always another day.

I've been given this blessing, which is my granddaughter. You're no longer just you. You suddenly fit into the chest of drawers of life.

I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.

You must swear never to go on the dole. Never be bored. Find something to do. And don't yawn.

I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

Consciousness is only possible through change

When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the edges of your field or pick the fallen fruit. Leave these for the poor and the stranger.

Reading is the basics for all learning.

Our poets have sung of wine, the product of a foreign plant which commonly they never saw, as if our own plants had no juice in them more than the singers.

Compromise for your Dream but NEVER Compromise on your Dream.

When I was a kid, I dreamed of using a bat with my own name on it.

The inner circle of pure mathematicians will respond to the book with delight.

We scientists are clever — too clever — are you not satisfied? Is four square miles in one bomb not enough? Men are still thinking. Just tell us how big you want it!

I never single out any one competitor. I treat all my rivals equally.

The last taste of sweets is sweetest last.