Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence.

You're not supposed to interject feelings into science, but part of the reason it's so fascinating that we're 8 percent (or more) fossilized virus is that it's so creepy that we're 8 percent (or more) fossilized virus.

Sam Kean

I received $100 per week when I started working at the Globe after graduation.

Will McDonough

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

Martin Luther

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear.

Alan Coren

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

Gary Sheffield

I love to be directed. They can trust me and go.

Jeff Goldblum

I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article or profile a subject - skills that I assumed would be useless when it came to fiction. It was from my imagination that the characters in my story would emerge.

Amy Waldman

If you work for a man, in heavens name work for him!If he pays you wages that supply you your bread and butter, work for himspeak well of him, think well of him, stand by him and stand by the institution he represents. I think if I worked for a man I would work for him. I would not work for him a part of the time, and the rest of the time work against him. I would give an undivided service or none. If put to the pinch, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.

Elbert Hubbard

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Dwight D Eisenhower

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

Paulo Coelho

Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun.

Franz Grillparzer

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Plato