• "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" Source: Wikiquote

• "Whoever you vote for the council still gets in."

• "Once upon a time a band of knights riding through a forest saw hundreds of trees with targets painted on them and an arrow in the very center of each target.
  
  * When the king heard of this, he sent the knights back to find the archer who hit the bullseye every time.
  
  They found a wee, small boy.
  
  They brought him back to the king, and the king asked how he ever managed such a remarkable feat.
  
  The boy answered, "it's easy, sir. First you shoot the arrow, then you paint the target."

• "Never doubt the value of your own contribution however much it may go unrecognised by the powers-that-be.
  
  Nurture your own self-confidence and help realise the confidence of the group to which you belong, even if the only group to which you belong is humankind."

• "Trying to relieve traffic congestion by building more roads is like trying to lose weight by loosening your belt"

• "Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day."

• "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time."