When I was at college there were two things I vowed I'd never do. One was go to a funeral and the other was deal with computers. And then I ended up being a computer programmer in a morgue.

I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

Everyone is doing forensics.

If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.

Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.

Do no harm & leave the world a better place than you found it.

On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.

Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.

With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification.

In the privacy of my dreams, I'm a warrior.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

Move from the known to the unknown.

Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.

I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.

I want my reputation to be judged on how I tackle the problem of ice if I'm elected as the member for Canning.

Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.

I think I was nervous enough, even at 3:00 a.m., that you could hear my heart beating over the microphone.

I wanted to scientize myth and mythologize science.