Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

Research is creating new knowledge.

Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

It's a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it's a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.

You've got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.

Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.

Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.

For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics.

Whichever path you choose, always know how to quit this path, always know where the exit is because once realised that the path is wrong, it has to be left immediately!

'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad.

If you concern yourself mainly with others, the broader your thinking becomes, and life’s inevitable difficulties disturb you less.

What's great is that starting a blog can get you lot of attention for your writing. But it doesn't have to be for anybody other than yourself.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

When you think of hockey, when you think of Canada, you think of Wayne Gretzky.

I think that most of us [writers] would rather have an audience than countless riches. If we wanted to be rich, we'd be doing smething else.

Erin you' re dangerous." "Iknow.

One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.