I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.

No person was every rightly understood until they had been first regarded with a certain feeling, not of tolerance, but of sympathy.

Thomas Carlyle

The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are a number of paths that lead to this place. I have been avoiding them for some small time, now.

Neil Gaiman

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.

Javier Bardem

As long as scepticism is based on a sound understanding of science it is invaluable, for that is how science progresses. But poor criticism can lead those who are unfamiliar with the science involved into doubting everything about climate change predictions.

Tim Flannery

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

Reginald B. Mansell

I don't know if there is a Democrat who necessarily doesn't believe health care is a right instead of privilege. There is a significant between us and the Republican Party on that issue.

Tom Vilsack

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day

Owen Meredith

I can't wait for my little sisters to start dating, because it will really be fun to pick on their boyfriends.

David Gallagher

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.

Goran Persson

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

Maynard James Keenan

Those that despise people will never get the best out of others and themselves.

Alexis de Tocqueville