A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the same.

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Anything you can imagine you can make real.

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

My parents had drinks and there were crudités for us- although they were not called crudités at the time, they were called carrots and celery.

Until you make peace with who you are you'll never be content with what you have.

When you play music with someone who has a heart rather than playing with someone who is just doing it for money or is cynical it makes all the difference.

When trust is lost, a nation's ability to transact business is palpably undermined.

There are no magics or elves / Or timely godmothers to guide us. We are lost, must / Wizard a track through our own screaming weed.

How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.

There comes a time in every person's life when he has to choose the course his life will take.

Women always feel like they're being stared at and judged, and rightfully so

Hollywood is tripping over its own feet.

Life goes on with fragile normalcy.