Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.

Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all remember those wonderful times when we and our science were young and our excitement in meeting new challenges knew no bounds.

Sydney Brenner

Life will follow the path it started upon, and will neither reverse nor check its course; it will make no noise, it will not remind you of its swiftness. Silent it will glide on; it will not prolong itself at the command of a king, or at the applause of the populace. Just as it was started on its first day, so it will run; nowhere will it turn aside, nowhere will it delay.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemingway

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

Eleanor Roosevelt

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The realization, early in high school, that a particle behaved differently if observed or left alone.

Lara Santoro

Beauty is but a flower which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air

Thomas Nashe

Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once.

Thomas Henry Huxley

I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them.

Danny Boyle

In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

Damien Hirst

Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.

Judy Collins

The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt

Benjamin Franklin