"The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice."

“The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.”

“Desperation is the secret to my steady employment. I am not interested in downtime. I really like to keep working all the time and I always feel like I'm in the mail room of life; working up.”

“I know where my priorities lie.”

“I'm not very computer savvy.”

“The brain has not explained the mind fully.”

Source : Wilder Penfield (2015). “Mystery of the Mind: A Critical Study of Consciousness and the Human Brain”, p.88, Princeton University Press

“You can't win with sin.”

“As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed.”

“You work with people who are obsessive about shopping, obsessive about owning things and buying things, like this purchase is going to make them happy. And you want to say to them, You know, no amount of real estate is gonna fill that void.”

Source : "Pretty vacant" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2006.