Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion.

Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper,That we may record our emptiness.

Kahlil Gibran

I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.

Ann Bancroft

My dad has a really great record collection that basically went up to the year I was born: 1984.

Ezra Koenig

You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.

Jamie Campbell Bower

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Antoine Rivarol

Well, my son really loves wildlife. And everytime he draws a polar bear I want to tell him there probably won't any by the time... he's my age. That's kinda hard to deal with.

Thom Yorke

If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.

Will Rogers

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

Julia Morgan

Because I travel so much, I bring my workout clothes and shoes wherever I go. That way I can always do some exercise.

Gail Simmons

Some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with an electric eye.

Howard Hendricks

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

Ogden Nash