"Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained under duress may not be admissible in the court of scientific opinion."

“Amorphous forms [of ice], for example, are found naturally on comets, on asteroids, and the crystalline forms are found on Earth or at least could be made on Earth with enough pressure. Nothing else does this.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

“If you have a connection to someone, it doesn't matter what their exterior is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“I've always been the annoying kid who sang.”

“Anything where people have to work together makes me cry.”

“I'm always diplomatic when heavily outnumbered by armed strangers.”

Source : S. M. Stirling (2008). “The Sunrise Lands: A Novel of the Change”, p.316, Penguin

“Meryl Streep is awesome.”

“Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.”

“Nine out of ten delinquents are frustrated actors.”

Source : 2003 In a question and answer session at the National Film Theatre, London, 4 Nov.