I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.

Nothing hath separated us from God but our own will, or rather our own will is our separation from God.

William Law

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Lord Acton

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

Ben Stein

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.

Samuel Richardson

It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with passion. I'm very passionate about filmmaking. It's what I love to do.

Spike Lee

What would be left of our tragedies if an insect were to present us his?

E. M. Cioran

Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.

Sun Tzu

I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys.

Marvin Gaye

There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God. You don't run off to the courts for justice, you settle it yourself. You don't run off to labor unions to sort out your work relations, you can take this job and shove it if you don't like what you're doing.'

John Shelton Reed

Our God and Souldiers we alike adore,Evn at the Brink of danger; not before:After deliverance, both alike required;Our Gods forgotten, and our Souldiers slighted.

Francis Quarles

Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice.

Leigh Hunt

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Oscar Wilde