"I want to be a student for life."

“I didn't get paid for performances most of my life. If I did, I would be billionaire now, and I'm not.”

“The life prospects of an American are more dependent on the income and education of his parents than in any of the other advanced industrial countries.”

“I think if you listen to our records, they come at different points in your life. When people say to me that Stars records have themes, I think what they mean is we write songs - or try to write songs - that are timeless. We try to write songs that catch you at the right time in your life, and that you can hold on to. We write kitchen sink songs. If you're doing the dishes or you're driving to your mom's funeral, or if you're getting over having done MDMA and you feel sad, you can listen to Stars because we're not going to demand of you that you be cool.”

“In life, as in chess, forethought wins.”

Source : Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1883). “Notes of Thought”

“The main object of the work was to present such a survey of the advances already made in physical knowledge, and of the mode in which they have been made, as might serve as a real and firm basis for our speculations concerning the progress of human knowledge, and the processes by which sciences are formed.”

Source : William Whewell (1847). “History of the Inductive Sciences: I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. III. Greek astronomy. IV. Physical science in the middle ages. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period”, p.10

“But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.”

“Im a machine man, and I head a machine.”

“It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.”