"As a child, I was an imaginary playmate."

“One of the first, and most important of those duties which are incumbent upon us, is fervent and united prayer.”

Source : William Carey (1792). “An Enquiry Into the Obligations of Christians, to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens: In which the Religious State of the Different Nations of the World, the Success of Former Undertakings, and the Practicability of Further Undertakings are Considered,”, p.77

“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.”

“My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.”

“I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career.”

“Dear as remembered kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more!”

“People who know me know I have a sense of humor that can really push the envelope.”

“I want to be with someone who wants to work as much as I do and who respects me like I respect him.”

Source : "Hellcats' star Ashley Tisdale and Aly Michalka talk boys and cheerleading in Seventeen" by Terri Schwartz, www.mtv.com. September 8, 2010.

“There are very few things that can be proved rigorously in condensed matter physics.”