“I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!”

“Rock music should be gross: that's the fun of it. It gets up and drops its trousers.”

“The mystical poetry of William Blake's artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.”

“My dad always told me, 'I don't care what you do. Just aim to be the best at it. Even if it's the world's best window cleaner.'”

“Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it's also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.”

“Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs...”

“The Internet has given us 10 or 15 new styles of communication: long messages like blogging, and then short messages like texting and tweeting. I see it all as part of an expanding array of linguis...”

“In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.”