Ultimately, I want to prepare food that will be recognized equally in Tokyo, London, and Paris. I am after that universality, that transcendence.
I think that a failure of statistical thinking is the major intellectual shortcoming of our universities, journalism and intellectual culture.
In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the family store.
There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country.
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.
Government subsidies to elite private universities take the form of tax deductions for people who make charitable contributions to them.
A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available.
Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
We have the universe to roam in in imagination. It is our virtue to be infinitely varied. The worst tyranny is uniformity.
From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit.
My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student.
In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education.
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.
The great thing about university is that they incline you to get up and do it, from the Classics to modern plays, to the humor that Monty Pythons made popular.
It's real simple - we all have nightmares, and the idea you can be in real jeopardy in them is a great gimmick. It's universal.
I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus.
I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.
