Hill Harper Quotes

I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.

At first I was queasy; I'll never forget the sound of the scalpel cutting a body open. But it was so cool trying to work out how these people died.

I was pretty serious about pursuing forensic science as a profession. In fact, I pursued an internship at the office of the chief medical examiner here in New York.

The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.

In the forensic science course I took at university they used photographs of dead bodies. For ballistics they showed us a guy lying on the floor, and his head had burst.

I'm at the right age to work with dead people, but you have to be smart to be a CSI.

I certainly try to avoid getting bogged down in forensics. There is certainly a whole lot of other writers who know a lot more than me about it. I know enough about it to do a little bit of background on laboratory techniques and stuff. But it kind of bores me.

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.

I actually wanted to be a forensic scientist for a while. When I was doing my Standard Grades, three of them were science subjects. The interest in science didn't wear off, but I found other interests.

I'm either working or I'm lying in bed the entire day.

Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished. 'm lucky to work in the most perfect of conditions. I can do what I want in all kinds of areas. The expenses are not expenses. I would be stupid to stop that. Work is making a living out of being bored.

We bore ourselves in order to earn money that we'll later spend on trying to de-bore ourselves

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

'Forensic Files' is big in our house.

I don't worry about running myself ragged. I worry about being bored.

Stress is part of life. It is something we all experience from time to time. Sometimes it reflects our own busy lifestyles or key moments such as exams, moving house, organising an event, or coping with a bereavement. Often it is associated with work: meeting a deadline, dealing with difficult people, or meeting stretching targets.

I think it is really important for all of us to take breaks because we get so bored with our daily monotonous lives. I feel we become robotic so it is important to break that vicious circle in which we get caught.

I didn't expect to enjoy my work as much as I do and when you enjoy something it's hard to say no. But I could sit on the sofa and do nothing for weeks. I'd watch telly, I'd eat, I'd go online, I'd be so happy!

I wouldn't be alive without my work.

People can't work and have the quality of life they deserve if they aren't healthy.

There are kids going into chemistry and biology because of 'CSI.'

I try to balance work and family. As long as I'm able physically and mentally to do it, I will.

Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.

My body works best when I'm playing all the time, so when I work more and I play more, I feel better.