"Science began to be powerful when it began to be cumulative, when observers began to preserve detailed records, to organize cooperating groups in order to pool and criticize their experiences."

“One of the greatest accomplishments in this world would be that of lifting human hearts. Blessed are they who are kind and considerate of the feelings of other people.”

“I think people can benefit tremendously from really asking why they're doing certain things,”

“Childhood's over the moment you know you're going to die.”

Source : "Fictional character: Top Dollar". "The Crow", www.imdb.com. 1994.

“I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the edge of a folding chair with a full bladder. I can't stand hearing a poem that I can't see. I did a reading at Wayne State, and it ended with the comedy such occasions deserve. I'd seated myself on a piano bench, and discovered upon attempting to arise at the end that the varnish had softened and I was stuck fast. The hinge was to the front, under my knees, so that as I tried to get up, I merely opened the lid.”

“Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government.”

“You've got to believe you can win. But I believe respect for the fact that you can lose is what you always have to keep in mind so that nothing suprises you.”

“Not a superman who stumbles, but an ape with makeshift manners in whose nickel-plated jungles roam mechanical bananas.”

“It is as easy to give advice to yourself as to others, and as useless.”