Art is, nowadays, our new religion and museums are our cathedrals.

When will we make the same breakthroughs in the way we treat each other as we have made in technology?

The kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person.

A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.

Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

I think the hero in our generation is not the individual but the pair, two people who together add up to more than they are apart.

The past is what provides us with the building blocks. Our job today is to create new buildings out of them.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

All invention and progress comes from finding a link between two ideas that have never met.

Change the way you think, and you are halfway to changing the world.

My heart beats so hard, I feel like I have an earthquake inside of me. It's weighing me down and my hands shake with the need of safety and comfort.

The problem with magic was that it made her feel very alone.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.

We are not going to keep the window open forever.

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses

I grew up very insecure. From the time I was little I used to hide under my mother's dress.

Instead of fixating on the physical aspects of aging, it's good to contemplate the deeper source of our anxiety. That can be liberating.

Irony is always the best weapon against fascism.

Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break!