The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur.

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.

Terry Pratchett

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.

Henry David Thoreau

I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

Susie Bright

Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence.

Richard Dawkins

Men are accomplices to that which leaves them indifferent.

George Steiner

I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent.

Marguerite Young

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

Edna Ferber

It seems hard to sneak a look at God's cards. But that He plays dice and uses telepathic methods... is something that I cannot believe for a single moment.

Albert Einstein

I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science.

Rene Auberjonois

No other city in the U.S. can divest the visitor of so much money with so little enthusiasm. In Dallas, they take away with gusto; in New Orleans, with a bow; in San Francisco, with a wink and a grin. In New York, you're lucky if you get a grunt.

Fletcher Knebel, "Look", March 2

Stop listening to the TV tell you about America the beautiful . . . get up and be America the beautiful.

Rivera Sun