When you look out the other way toward the stars you realize it's an awful long way to the next watering hole.

The only thing I've experienced that could compare to the launch in terms of raw power was the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Imagine about anything instead of assume about it.

In microbiology the roles of mutation and selection in evolution are coming to be better understood through the use of bacterial cultures of mutant strains.

And then the sword came down like a flash of lightning, and then her head was off her body and the long rivalry between me and the other Boleyn girl was over.

Parties are the nightly ritual of the sophisticated society.

Illusions are shadows moving endlessly across the ground. The shadows are quite real but they're shadows. They have very little substance.

Intolerance of dissent is a well-noted feature of the American national character.

The mythical America?that marvellous, heroic, sentimental landwas an object of faith. It challenged you to make the believer's leap over the rude facts at your feet.

I'll be satisfied with what I've got at the end of the season, ... If I can play every day, the numbers will come.

Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.

I'm better about things than about people. I'm more interested in people, but I'm better at ideas.