David Hume

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

Avarice, the spur of industry.

It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place... it's when we start spilling our sweat, and not our blood.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

The thyroid cells take up iodine with particular avidity and are able to store it up in great quantities.

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.