Quotes by : Bill Bryson

In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful....

Bipedalism is a demanding and risky strategy. It means refashioning the pelvis into a full load-bearing....

Three hundred types of mussel, a third of the world’s total, live in the Smokies. Smokies mussels have....

The universe is an amazingly fickle and eventful place, and our existence within is a wonder.

Open your refrigerator door, and you summon forth more light than the total amount enjoyed by most households....

I sat on a toilet watching the water run thinking what an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange....

But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are....

Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious,....

The little town of Dayton - not far from where Katz and I now sat, as it happened - was the scene of....

Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive and about 1 percent of the dancing static you....