Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.

The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits and their economic potential was the first time prehistory had ever been used for such a purpose.

Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America.

I felt that in time simple stone tools would be found in early Pleistocene in England.

The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves.

I put a bullet into the back of the crocodile's neck just behind the head, thus killing it. If a crocodile is hit in any other part of its anatomy it disappears into the water and is irrecoverable.

South Africa had a long record of studies in prehistory, going back to the end of the last century.

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.

Raising funds for my fourth expedition proved to be very difficult.

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

I have examined the stomach contents of seven aardvarks.

I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.

The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.

Most Kikuyu marriages were arranged on the basis of what is described by anthropologists as the bride price.

We set up the promised clinic for the sick and wounded Masai.

The Foxhall jaw has now been missing for many years.

I kept an open mind on the question of whether a hominid had been present in Europe in the early Pleistocene.

At Olduvai, for 20 years, Mary and I had investigated and made a general survey of the overall geology.

Colonial governors and senior civil servants are not easy people to argue with, and I was not popular because of my criticism of the colonial service in Kenya.

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

There is tragic evidence to show that the paintings at the French prehistoric art sites are deteriorating.

Although we followed that hyena for the best part of half an hour, we never caught up with it.

Stone tools are fossilized human behavior.

Eloquent testimony to the recovery powers of wild animals frequently becomes apparent from the study of skeletons housed in museums.

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.

Maurice would prance into a room, you know, and his presence was immediate.

Actually, when I was young, I believe I met Nicolas Cage. I think I was probably eight, and I remember seeing him at somebody's house - it was an event and he happened to be there. People would ask me if I was his son, because I looked like him at that point, so I do remember feeling some connection and just wanting to say, like, 'Papa!'

If you can do it better than me, then you do it.

Faith and belief are not measured by the size of the miracle but the integrity of our soul.

I have a real passion for driving. Earlier on in my life I wanted to be a race car driver. But I don't pay an extortionate amount of money for cars. I'm pretty frugal.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

Cute girls and burgers. What more can you ask for? That's why we live in America.

I just follow great people. If you want to play like a pro, you learn from the pros.

Marvin Gaye was the ultimate ladies' man and a big part of that was the way he dressed. If you're having trouble getting ladies, step your suit game up and see the difference. Walk into a bar in a tailored suit and I guarantee every girl will check you out.

It is cynicism and not idealism that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity or rather it is the cynic who is generally the most foolish romantic.

When I talk about my artist parents, people imagine a bohemian environment and think, 'Aha, so that's where he gets it from!' But we were as white, straight, and middle-class as the next family on our white, straight, middle-class housing estate.

It is when I am on stage that I feel most comfortable. It is my home. It is the only thing I have known since I was a kid.

We all fall off the wagon. It's only one day; it's not the rest of your life. Pick yourself up and go again.

I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.

Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

Americans have so much natural entrepreneurial drive. The caveat is that it is technology that should be a tool making lives better in the real world, and in line with the American spirit of getting better and better at something, whether it's curing cancer or creating a better taxi service.

I love researching, I love interviewing.

Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going.

I love biscuits. I have a real thing for a biscuits, and if it's not made right, I'm gonna come down hard on somebody.

Maybe come to think about it, that is the sign of an extrovert, in any event I have always from the earliest of ages found it difficult to wander into a restaurant on my own.

I do, kind of, spend a lot. And just on stupid things. Because I don't really know what to do. What are you supposed to do? Um. It just seems like way too much. We don't deserve it, at all, for what we do.