"I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things."

“The money footballers earn today is incredulous”

“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.”

“I think what tends to embarrass me most is how much I struggle at the little things that seem to come so easily to most people, mainly involving routine and self-care. It's hard for me to do things like cook a meal, not be in a constant apocalyptically late rush everywhere I go, to put something back when I'm finished with it. I seem to be hardwired for chaos and disorganization.”

Source : "A Teachable Moment". Interview with John Lee, logger.believermag.com. August 6, 2013.

“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”

“In the year 1456 ... a Comet was seen passing Retrograde between the Earth and the sun... Hence I dare venture to foretell, that it will return again in the year 1758.”

Source : Edmond Halley (1706). “Miscellanea Curiosa: Being a Collection of Some of the Principal Phaenomena in Nature, Accounted for by the Greatest Philosophers of this Age : Together with Several Discourses Read Before the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Physical and Mathematical Knowledge”, p.342

“I've only had one platinum album, and it's 'Red River Blue'.”

“Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.”

“I know it's my fault I should've gave more.”