One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed.

It {Darwin's theory of evolution] was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity of life. The awe it inspired in me made the awe that people talk about in respect of religious experience seem, frankly, silly beside it. I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

Capital Letters Were Always The Best Way Of Dealing With Things You Didn't Have A Good Answer To.

There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature, but, more accurately, I like to have a nice and cosy institution that I can rub up against a little bit.

If somebody votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like. ... But on the other hand, if somebody says, 'I mustn't move a light switch on a Saturday,' you say, 'Fine, I respect that.'

A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.

He actually caught himself saying things like "Yippee," as he pranced ridiculously round the house.