"It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions."

“I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline of the subject. It is due simply to the fact that power, wealth and prestige can only be obtained by the correct application of science.”

Source : "Some Reflections on the Present Status of Organic Chemistry, in Science and Human Progress". Addresses at the Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Mellon Institute, 1963.

“A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.”

“Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.”

“I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.”

Source : "Interview: ALEX O’LOUGHLIN from MOONLIGHT on CBS" by Sandrine Sahakians, www.tvequals.com. November 24, 2007.

“No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.”

“The only thing I do know is that from chaos comes opportunity.”

“I am very orthodox in thinking that Jesus acted in his life the way God would have acted if God had assumed human form.”

“It's not free. I gave it to you so that you'd answer my calls right away.”