"Scientific medicine is one of the greatest triumphs of humankind."

“I went through a divorce right as we were starting the show. My divorce became final right after we started shooting the first year, and during that time I was in such a low place.”

“You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.”

“Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.”

Source : Francesco Guicciardini (1890). “Counsels and Reflections of Francesco Guicciardini”

“When people come to see my stand-up, they get a chance to see my characters interact with each other.”

“You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.”

“Winter sunshine is a fairy wand touching everything with a strange magic. It is like the smile of a friend in time of sorrow.”

Source : Patience Strong (1951). “The Glory of the Garden”

“Every student has the ability to be a successful learner,”

“The particular thing about science is to combine that [the dreams of obtaining power] with a retreat from the world. Other people want to obtain power by going out into the world, but the scientist really wants to obtain power by retreating from the world.”

Source : Oral History Project Interview, California Institute of Technology Archives, p. 88, oralhistories.library.caltech.edu. 1978.