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- My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working. — Theodore Sturgeon
- The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool. — Pearl S. Buck
- Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. — George Porter
- When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. — George Porter
- It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family. — George Porter