"We prefer knowing to thinking, because knowing has more immediate value."

“It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils.”

Source : Niels Henrik Abel, Philip Horowitz (2007). “Abel on analysis: papers of N.H. Abel on Abelian and elliptic functions and the theory of series”

“Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life.”

Source : Arturo Pérez-Reverte (1998). “The Club Dumas: A Novel”, Vintage

“It's not that George Bush doesn't care about black people, god made hurricanes, not people who can't swim.”

“I live to collect information, and I am also a perfectionist.”

“Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.”

“I don't think of myself as old. Obviously I am - I have a free bus pass, I'm going to be a grandad in two months time, and my hip is giving me jip, so it's all telling me something I don't really want to hear.”

“You know, I consistently change in my own life so the roles I'm suitable for also change, and that's a really nice thing about this profession.”

Source : "Q&A: Chris Klein on 'American Reunion' and His Hero Harrison". Interview with Elizabeth Durand, www.mtv.com. July 09, 2012.

“Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to meet expectations, a new administrator, John Pistole, was finally approved on Friday. Unfortunately, it will be the fifth administrator in eight years.”