How easy for those who do not bulge to not overindulge!

The complexity of the simplest known type of cell is so great that it is impossible to accept that such an object could have been thrown together suddenly by some kind of freakish, vastly improbable, event. Such an occurrence would be indistinguishable from a miracle.

Michael Denton

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.

Henry David Thoreau

All of human unhappiness comes from one single thing: not knowing how to remain at rest in a room.

Blaise Pascal

Personal faith can be a powerful force for public good.

David E. Price

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

George Bernard Shaw

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Laurence Sterne

I do not think that Mulder trusts any one other than Scully. He s very solitary. She is the only one who takes him seriously. I don t know if they re in love. In a way, their relationship is deeper than that, because they cannot live without each other.

David Duchovny

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Johann von Goethe

If a conclusion is not poetically balanced, it cannot be scientifically true.

Isaac Asimov

A good servant is a real godsend, but truly this is a rare bird in the land.

Martin Luther

Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms, and more acidic oceans, which wreak havoc on the food chain - are even more deadly here.

Jeff Goodell

Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.

Ina Garten