How did the dolphins and whales get such big brains? They obviously don't need such big brains to catch fish.
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine?
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridiculous; and I see somebody who is frightened of being found out and thought lightweight.
The disturbed individual who believes himself to be Christ, or to receive messages from God, is something of a cliche in our society. Ever since Sigmund Freud, many people have associated religiosity with neurosis and mental illness.
There were never any doctors in my family. But my grandparents and my mother had a strong social conscience that was formative.
You can now modify the genes of large animals, and the largest animal we are concerned with is the human.
I like travelling on my own. It means I'm completely free to think about what's around me.
Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.
I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.
I've always been endorsed by the National Rifle Association.
The meaning of the living words that come out of the experiences of great hearts can never be exhausted by any one system of logical interpretation. They have to be endlessly explained by the commentaries of individual lives, and they gain an added mystery in each new revelation.