Theres no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. – David Brin
Dont force your kids into sports. I never was. To this day, my dad has never asked me to go play golf. I ask him. Its the childs desire to play that matters, not the parents desire to have the child play. Fun. Keep it fun. – Tiger Woods
How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot
The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. – Graham Greene