"I found out later on that was not true, that life drawing tells you a great deal about rhythm, about the structure of a human being or any animate object, and this could be directly translated into thinking about proportion and accent, rhythm in a pot form."

“There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled”

Source : "Cal's Saul Perlmutter wins Nobel Prize in physics" by David Perlman, www.sfgate.com. October 4, 2011.

“In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.”

“My family thought if I spent time in the military, I'd become more reasonable, a bit calmer. But I've always been extreme in what I do - both as a believer and a nonbeliever.”

“The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero.”

“The uncomfortable truth is that we all enjoyed the party far too much to query where all the booze was coming from. Now we seem intent on lynching the barman for letting us get drunk and attacking the Government for letting us get a hangover.”

“See Scott run, Run Scott run. See Scott die, No such luck.”

Source : David Lubar (2007). “Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie”, Puffin Books

“Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.”

Source : E. M. Delafield (2015). “The Collected Works of E. M. Delafield (Illustrated): The Provincial Lady Series, Zella Sees Herself, The War-Workers, Consequences, Gay Life, The Heel of Achilles, Humbug, Messalina of the Suburbs (Including Short Stories and Plays)”, p.2680, e-artnow

“Why are you all here?" "One of Bantazar's assassins hit you with an exomangler," Lore said. "He's dead." "A lot dead." Wraith snorted and high-fived Lore. "Massive deadness.”