I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.

Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster.

J. J. Abrams

If a man of this century was committed to honesty, committed to his highest integrity in all matters

Wulf Zendik, from first novel Ze

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

Esperanza Spalding

My mother told me that truth is like my skin, a beautiful, protective covering, and the things that people say or do can be easily changed or discarded. She told me truth comes from the heart.

Stewart Lewis

She's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a mom.

John Green

Nothing in life gives a man so much courage as the attainment or renewal of the conviction that other people regard him with favor; because it means that everyone joins to give him help and protection, which is an infinitely stronger bulwark against the ills of life than anything he can do himself.

Arthur Schopenhauer, Position, I

Hidden nature is secret God.

Sri Aurobindo

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!

Honore de Balzac

The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.

Doug Horton

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

Pierre Corneille

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

Queen Latifah

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.

Edmund Burke