"Prayer changes things? No! Prayer changes people, and people change things."

“scientists ... resist ... making more of the data than the data make of themselves.”

Source : Natalie Angier (2008). “The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science”, p.36, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.”

“Political men, like goats, usually thrive best among inequalities.”

“Chef Matt Accarrino has the best pasta in San Francisco, and Shelley Lindgren is one of my favorite sommeliers. Their attention to detail in the service, food, and amazing wines will blow anyone away.”

“I think that money is devoted to serious journalism, with analysis, interestingly presented, by good writers can still sell newspapers.”

“The fall of a given weight from a height of around 365 meters corresponds to the heating of an equal weight of water from 0° to 1°.”

“Most women dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous reincarnation, or hope to be one in the next.”

“Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted.”