When you walk through the storm, hold your head high And don't be afraid of the dark! At the end of the storm is a golden sky And the sweet song of the lark. Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Though your dreams be tossed & blown Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone!

Democracy is all about not electing the wrong man-eating lizard.

2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.

The dew has fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning.

We live in strange times. We also live in strange places, each in a universe of our own. The people with whom we populate our universe are the shadows of whole other universes intersecting with our own.

But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting.

This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.