I ask you, what good is a big picture window and the lavish appointments and a priceless decor in a home if there is no mother there?
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
In science we must be interested in things, not in persons.
I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy.
I believe international work is a heavy task, but that it is nevertheless indispensable to go through an apprenticeship in it, at the cost of many efforts and also of a real spirit of sacrifice: however imperfect it may be, the work of Geneva has a grandeur that deserves our support.
Just remember you will find that one special love that you know is right but for some reason just doesn't last
I have the best husband one could dream of; I could never have imagined finding one like him. He is a true gift of heaven, and the more we live together the more we love each other.
A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt.
When somebody mangles one of my jokes, that bothers me more than somebody saying that I'm the worst comedian ever.
The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.
Chris Elliott could read the phonebook and he's funny.