And stop talking in that puffed-up way they taught you. Words aren't brains, you know.

The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity.

Words are not brains, you know.

Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.

Sandy is kind. But she has a smart mind

[With Photosynth,] all of those photos become linked together, and they make something emergent that's greater than the sum of the parts.

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

God is not a personality outside of you. What God is, is inextricably part of what you are. God is the dimension of depth within you.

When I'm in New York I look at the Empire State Building and feel as though it belongs to me ... or is it vice versa?

I wrote the book 'Grace, Gold & Glory' because I had to overcome many challenges and hardships. I wanted to share my story to let anyone facing hardships know that your dream is still possible.

Every American college student goes to college with a hard drive. They take their laptop. There's not a CD player in sight.

Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war.