"Thinking critically is a chore. It does not come naturally or easily. And if the fruits of such efforts are not carefully displayed to young minds, then they will not harvest them. Every school child must be implanted with the wonder of the atom, not the thrall of magic."

“If thinking is your fate, revere this fate with divine honour and sacrifice to it the best, the most beloved”

“The way people move is their autobiography in motion.”

“For me, the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements, all equally important: aesthetics, history, and ethics. Together they form the whole basis of my concept of alpinism. Some people see no more in climbing mountains than an escape from the harsh realities of modern times. This is not only uninformed but unfair. I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.”

“I have no formal culinary training, right.”

“I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.”

“Dr. King's Nobel Prize had a more powerful transforming effect on him than I think he realized at the time.”

“I like people who are able to keep pushing themselves and challenging themselves even after great success.”

Source : "The Outsiders: John C. Reilly on Terri". Interview with Gillian Mohney, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 30, 2011.

“It's Australian to do such things because, however uncivilised they may seem, it's human to do them.”