I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality.
Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.
I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.
I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that and a lot less abstract stuff.
In man, the mechanical breathing is essential to life, and it is one of the old tests for death to see whether these movements have ceased completely.
I'm watching the Weather Channel more than I've ever watched it. I'm scared to death it's going to rain.
I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.
Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.
What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow.
Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.
Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!
When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really happened that year?
Evil forges a tornado. But goodness battles in a straight line.
Leo, sadly, has Parkinson's, but he used to cook all sorts of dazzling things.
The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically.
Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.
Every day, in every way, I'm getting better and better.
