"We hail science as man's truest friend and noblest helper."

“I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless.”

“On the publicity tour of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' I was asked over and over again, if, as the writer, I felt it was a fair depiction of real life to have someone of my er, below average looks, hook up with hottie John Corbett.”

Source : "Dear Nia Vardalos, I Think You're Pretty Much Fabulous" by Sarah Jio, www.glamour.com. June 15, 2009.

“Harden our hearts to the innocents in the womb, and we have hardened our hearts to the need for compassion, and mercy, and fellow-feeling, and charity, and decency in this world.”

“We don't care really about children as a society and television reflects that indifference to children as human beings.”

“I would say, then, that you are faced with a future in which education is going to be number one amongst the great world industries.”

“Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.”

Source : Song: Remember The Tinman, Album: New Beginning, 1995

“There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.”

“I think the issue that millennials have is that the return on asset classes such as bonds, cash, are so low now compared to the historical levels that it's very difficult for them to save enough to be able to retire comfortably. If interest rates do trend back upwards, it may be less of a problem going forward.”