No Poet Or Novelist Wishes He Were

Evil Is Unspectacular And Always Human, And Shares Our Bed And Eats At Our Own Table.

The True Men Of Action In Our Time Those Who Transform The World Are Not The Politicians And Statesmen But The Scientists. Unfortunately Poetry Cannot Celebrate Them Because Their Deeds Are Concerned With Things, Not Persons, And Are Therefore Speechless. When I Find Myself In The Company Of Scientists, I Feel Like A Shabby Curate Who Has Strayed By Mistake Into A Drawing Room Full Of Dukes.

You Owe It To All Of Us All Get On With What You're Good At.

Thou Shalt Not Answer Questionnaires Or Quizzes Upon World Affairs, Nor With Compliance Take Any Test. Thou Shalt Not Sit With Statisticians Nor Commit A Social Science.

The Closest Modern Equivalent To The Homeric Hero Is The Ace Fighter Pilot.