"An Irish wedding is a tame thing to an Irish funeral."

“My daily sins require daily distribution of God's grace. In that sense, it never ceases to surprise me because I don't deserve any of it. I mean, I deserve to be locked in a cage and for God to throw away the key.”

“I still sing because I love the sound of applause, because it's who I am, and because I still can.”

“If humanity does not evolve spiritually - each one of us and collectively - our species won't make it. So following that back to each individual - every day you are faced with choices.”

“Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.”

“When we discover New Earth - a planet we could call home - the question of the plurality of worlds will come front and center, reminding us yet again that we are not the center of the universe.”

Source : Dimitar Sasselov (2012). “The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet”, p.16, Basic Books

“You just promised me eternity, you know. I can make you live to regret it.”

“We know through the process of energy independence, our whole geopolitical footprint changes in terms of our national security and how we operate the American military. In addition to that we've got all these forward liabilities on these entitlement programs that, with the right tax and the energy policy, we can pay down and offset some of those liabilities.”

“All babies are beautiful.”