Imagination is the Discovering Faculty, pre-eminently. It is that which penetrates into the unseen worlds around us, the worlds of Science. -Ada Lovelace   That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal; as time will show. -Ada Lovelace   I believe myself to possess a most singular combination of qualities exactly fitted to make me pre-eminently a discoverer of the hidden realities of nature. -Ada Lovelace   I find that nothing but very close and intense application to subjects of a scientific nature now seems at all to keep my imagination from running wild, or to stop up the void which seems to be left in my mind…

When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists. Ada Yonath   When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists. Ada Yonath   People are obsessed with my haircut; everyone wants to do something with my hair before the ceremony. Very senior figures tell me their hairstylist wants to do my hair for free. It’s surprising. People from television are interested almost exclusively in aspects of my hair and my hairdresser. Ada Yonath    …

Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with. -Adam Ant     I really knew I wanted to be Adam, because Adam was the first man. Ant I chose because, if there’s a nuclear explosion, the ants will survive. -Adam Ant     I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds. -Adam Ant     Depression is something that doesn’t just go away. It’s just… there and you deal with it. It’s like… malaria or something. Maybe it won’t be cured, but you’ve got to take the medication you’re prescribed,…