"To trade a childhood wonder for a plausible explanation - is there a worst trade one makes in life?"

“I think that there are non-physical laws all right: genuine (if not strict) laws written in the language of biology, economics, and so on. But I don't regard that as a contentious issue. Even reductionists about chemistry will think that there are special chemical laws whose formulation makes essential use of chemical terminology.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

“You have to have a mentality. This is a business. This ain't hanging out having a good time”

“Ghana is like a lion without a head”

“As long as we're tied to Middle Eastern oil we're tied to Middle Eastern politics. We're hostages to the terrorists and nutcases who want to wipe out Israel and the United States because we support Israel.”

Source : Ben Bova (2006). “Powersat”, p.141, Macmillan

“Perhaps you'd care for a synonym bun," suggested the duke.”

“The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface - transitions that are like music - are intangible in their reaction upon us. There is an immediate sensuous appeal!”

“Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.”

“What sort of god would deliberately create a world in which his creatures must eat one another to live?”

Source : Nel Noddings (1991). “Women and Evil”, p.23, Univ of California Press