The contemporary authors I most admire are Nick Hornby and Jonathan Tropper.
In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
Everything that exists in your life, does so because of two things: something you did or something you didn't do.
If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.
I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life.
I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.
Learning is the beginning of wealth. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize it that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.
I think it's incredibly cute when a guy can't dance and doesn't care about how crazy he looks.
The true democrat is he who with purely nonviolent means defends his liberty and, therefore, his country's and ultimately that of the whole of mankind.
Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy unless he has first experienced their desolations.
Getting a role in Harry Potter was like winning the lottery. But no one deserves an acting job.