Things are the way they are because they were the way they were.

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics.

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example.

Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, once the sheer isolation of the Earth becomes known, a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.

In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth.

There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.

I have always thought it curious that, while most scientists claim to eschew religion, it actually dominates their thoughts more than it does the clergy.

Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out.

There's a major fault in Western society. It makes room for only one god, and in only one gender. There's no balance, no co-existence, no partnership.

Let me make it clear. There will be no repeat of that night. Absolutely not! Not ever, do you understand?” "Who are you trying to convince, Tessnia? Me or you?

Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.

It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta.

I love to read about what my love life is really like.

I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.

You think you need the newest shoe and the newest outfit. We forget exercising is free. We forget it only takes a little bit every day.

I like feeling like an ox at the end of the day. I like working hard.

Why can't parents dance? Is it some universal law of physics or something?