"Once upon a time, I was a climate-change skeptic."

"The scientist-community guy may get a $500,000 grant, and if his equipment works or doesn't work, he still gets a gold star for doing the science experiment. For me, there is no merit in anything for doing an experiment; I have to go home with pictures."

"Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been turned into a political football primarily by the climate deniers who have a vested interested in maintaining the status quo. That includes certain industrial interests, financial interests and political interests."

"Science by itself is about numbers, and it's about measuring things. It's very important but it's very dry."

"Wisdom principle 52 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 54."

"Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man."

"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well."

"Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the mistrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box."