"My day job finds me in a double-bind often, and it's an ideal position for anyone interested in becoming highly reactive."

“Thinking - in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature - helps us learn that we can become problem solvers.”

Source : "An Interview With Kathryn Lasky About Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson, www.scholastic.com.

“But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?”

Source : Mary Astell, Patricia Springborg (1996). “Astell: Political Writings”, p.65, Cambridge University Press

“Why's my name the Large Professor? Cause I milked your cow, in other words I hit your heifer.”

“My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also enjoy tennis. We have 3 cats.”

“If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.”

“I skied on Astroturf and PVC pipe on the slope in my backyard.”

“Putting 100 percent into your life, your work, or sport, doesn't give you the right to expect success at whatever you are trying to do - it just provides the opportunity.”

“It is when we create things for God's sake that our work most clearly promotes His glory, rather than threatening to compete with it. Thus the true purpose of art is the same as the true purpose of anything: it is not for ourselves or for our own self-expression, but for the service of others and the glory of God.”