In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth Configuration. But, given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would take for just one of these protein molecules to appear by chance? Roughly 10 to the 243rd power, billions of years; and I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in a god.

They blended religion and art and science because, at base, science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle.

Ray Bradbury

The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true.

Bell Hooks

I spent well over a year on the road with Sarah Vaughn. That was amazing.

Jan Hammer

Home is anywhere that you know all your friends and all your enemies.

Orson Scott Card

For the first time in the history of mankind, one generation literally has the power to destroy the past, the present and the future, the power to bring time to an end.

Hubert Humphrey

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Henry Ward Beecher

I have often marveled at the thin line which separates success from failure.

Ernest Shackleton

One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.

Thomas Arnold

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

Tom Hanks

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Today is the only day in which we have any power.

Steve Maraboli

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Thomas Jefferson