I asked a teacher what the opposite of a miracle was and she, without thinking, I assume, said it was an act of God. You shouldn't say something like that to the kind of kid who will grow up to be a writer; we have long memories.

Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications.

Drew Endy

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.

Lemony Snicket

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

George Ade

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.

Phoebe Cary

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

Ronald Reagan

We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There is no doubt that without it, we too, like the infant left alone, would cease to grow, cease to develop, choose madness and even death.

Leo F. Buscaglia

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.

David Riesman

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure.

Mitt Romney

All science is static in the sense that it describes the unchanging aspects of things.

Frank Knight

Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

When an opinion has taken root in a democracy and established itself in the minds of the majority, if afterward persists by itself, needing no effort to maintain it since no one attacks it. Those who at first rejected it as false come in the end to adopt it as accepted, and even those who still at the bottom of their hearts oppose it keep their views to themselves, taking great care to avoid a dangerous and futile contest.

Alexis de Tocqueville

I'll play with it first and tell you what it is later.

Bette Davis