It's important to me that no one can say I'm not pumping out high-level research.
The speed at which technology evolves affects everyone; we repeatedly hear that constant innovation is overwhelming for consumers, who struggle to keep pace.
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
The kingdom of God is an order of government established by divine authority. It is the only legal government that can exist in any part of the universe.
It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name.
All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction.
In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.
Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.
The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.
Radical Islamist extremists surely hope that an attack on Iraq will kill many people and destroy much of the country, providing recruits for terrorist actions.
There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him, 'You're doing a Jewish act.'
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
I've never used my weight to get a laugh. That is, used my size as the subject for humor. You never saw me stuck in a door-way or stuck in a chair.
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.
With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.
In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.
I remember when humor was gentle pokes. I used to call it 'arm around the shoulder' humor. Now they go for the jugular and they take no prisoners. It's mean, mean stuff.
I think the Canadian sense of humor is dryer than America's and juicier than Britain's. I think it's a cross between the two of them, really.
If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
