Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.
The person that angers you most, teaches you best
There has never been a greater illusion than fear. Fear exists only whilst you believe in it - whilst you fear it. So. . . stop believing, stop fearing. Set up a shadow inventory, write down all your fears and set out on your warrior path. Make this your life purpose and gold will be smelt from your terror.
Stop trying to squeeze professional results out of recreational hours.
Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.
Remember, if you don't have a goal you're not playing football, you're just kicking a ball around the park.
I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper.
We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.
Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them.
Of course; a nurse wouldn't have been quite so bold in her speech. Not to a duke's heir. Not even to a wealthy tradesman who held the power of her employment in his too-large hands.