For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer.
Bill BrysonScience has been quite embattled. It's the most important thing there is. An arts graduate is not going to fix global warming. They may do other valuable things, but they are not going to fix the planet or cure cancer or get rid of malaria.
Bill BrysonMy first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.
Bill BrysonThe remarkable position in which we find ourselves is that we don't actually know what we actually know.
Bill Bryson