We've invested millions of dollars in tourism. Now they're trying to industrialize and pollute the ocean. It doesn't make any sense to me at all.

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly.

If I had the luxury of working as a full time writer, I think you would see novels appearing on a much more regular, and frequent, basis.

Astronomy is the science of the harmony of infinite expanse.

It's always better if you're next door. Ideas come up at the oddest times. They don't always come up in a conference call.

When you commit a serious doping offence you are not eligible for lottery funding.

I got to see first hand what he has done to make this a reality. That has been real rewarding to watch him achieve his dream.

To succeed as a lawyer, a man must work like a horse and live like a hermit.

Christianity is part of the law of England.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.

You've got to be smart to stay in this game. The quicker you learn, the quicker you succeed. You can't make the same mistakes over and over again.

Clean living keeps me in shape. Righteous thoughts are my secret. And New Orleans home cooking.

Logic issues in tautologies, mathematics in identities, philosophy in definitions; all trivial, but all part of the vital work of clarifying and organising our thought.

Every time before I throw my first pitch, I am praying. And not only that, in the bullpen I am praying.

...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length.

Tatiana realized she was too young to hide well what was in her heart but old enough to know that her heart was in her eyes.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

There is no knowledge without risk taking.