Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically part of the fabric now, what's become no more than a joke... and so on. It's just plain foolish, as well as comically arrogant, to ignore all this, to fail to do the most basic research.

I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.

Paddy Ashdown

In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions.

Sydney Brenner

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Johann von Goethe

A hungry stomach makes a short prayer.

American Indian Proverb, Paiute

When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.

Napoleon Bonaparte

A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.

Bert Leston Taylor

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

Charles A. Beard

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.

Imelda Marcos

I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me.

Jenson Button

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.

William Feather

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

Haile Gebrselassie

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

George Eliot