"There are only two noble pursuits in life: knowledge and love."

“The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.”

“I looked back at the summit of the mountain, which seemed but a cubit high in comparison with the height of human contemplation, were in not too often merged in the corruptions of the earth.”

“Someone, I was beginning to suspect, had a bit of a gangster complex. It wasn't really very hard to figure out who. I mean, I was guessing it wasn't Christopher's aunt Jackie.”

“I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.”

“Perhaps the most important thing I can tell you about equipment is to experiment and keep an open mind.”

“I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.”

“There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.”

“Nate Silver is now forecasting Oscar winners. The only area of life in which he has no expertise, ironically, is life itself.”