Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
It is a strange world, Oxford - quite claustrophobic. I was often glad I was only there for eight weeks at a time.
The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.
Time granted does not necessarily coincide with time that can be most fully used.
Every time I have to look up a word in the dictionary, I'm delighted.
Brunch, for me, is an extended breakfast that should be enjoyed whenever you have time properly to engage in cooking and eating.
Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago.
I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it.
I never do anything for money; I get paid a lot of money as a by-product.
When it comes to the income of the ministry, I have no problem talking about it or what happens to the money.
In order to make money the first thing is to have no need of it.
It doesn't take money to turn off the television and cultivate real bonding time.
I don't believe that you have to dress in a masculine way to seem powerful. I think that the way a woman dresses doesn't have to be so aggressive. Being feminine is a powerful feature in itself. Power is in a person's demeanor.
Biology always beats will power.
Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and that the apprehension of truth depended on the power of observation.
People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.
Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.
As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.
Until we respect bin Laden, we are going to die in numbers that are probably unnecessary.
