In a funny way, nothing makes you feel more like a native of your own country than to live where nearly everyone is not.

Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious.

... it occurred to me that never again would he be seven years, one month and six days old, so we had better catch these moments while we can.

As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So?

A sign in the yard of a church next door said CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. (The question, of course, is: What do you say when you strike your thumb with a hammer?)

When you consider it from a human perspective, and clearly it would be difficult for us to do otherwise, life is an odd thing. It couldn't wait to get going, but then, having gotten going, it seemed in very little hurry to move on.

There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.