There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.
Bill BrysonIt's an unnerving thought that we may be the living universe's supreme achievement and its worst nightmare simultaneously.
Bill BrysonI tell the kids that, even in a childhood marked by despair and deprivation, I knew that no matter what happened, I still had my family, or at least the remnants of a family ripped apart by divorce and then glued back together in various odd arrangements through a series of ill- advised remarriages. It was good to know I had a solid foundation.
Bill Bryson