“My scientific qualifications are relatively scant. I like science. I t...” — Nick Harkaway Quote

“My scientific qualifications are relatively scant. I like science. I try really hard to educate myself about it, but in the end, if something has to go 'boom,' and it would probably only go 'fwoosh,' I am relatively unconcerned about that, which is a sin, but not, I think, a grave one.”

“I don't do a lot of research, exactly, but I'm constantly wandering through the world finding things incredible and remembering them.”

“Amazon is a corporation, not a philanthropic trust dedicated to the production of works of art and literature.”

“People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical.”

“If you've been wondering where the next gold rush is going to take place, look up at the night sky to our closest celestial neighbor. The next economic boom might just be a mere 240,000 miles away on the bella luna.”

“For 10 years, I'd been told I was always going to be a catalogue girl, never a cover girl. Well, I got with IMG and did five covers in a year, boom, boom, boom.”