You stupid piece of warm bacon.

If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're never happy. They never settle down... You can see it in their eyes.

I make no claim to be an authority on writing or illustrating for children.

There has always been a tendency to classify children almost as a distinct species.

The fact that I have been successful merely means that I can write and illustrate in my own way.

I don't believe in a lot of baggage. It's such a nuisance. Life's too short to fuss with it. And it isn't really necessary

As an atom, so is the universe. As is a drop of water, so is an ocean.

Money like a queen gives rank and beauty .

Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.

Too often, we have failed to enforce international norms when it's inconvenient to do so.

I now see that I spent most of my life in doing neither what I ought nor what I liked.

It's not very fun to do spectroscopy.

I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.

Accident is as much a part of fiction as anything else, symbolic of the grace that, along with will, conspires to put words on the page.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.

Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence...faith.