As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

Marry the person who makes you feel like you can face life together. Because that's what it's about. It's about facing life together.

A happy moment can last a lifetime if you remember to smile when you think of it.

There's a generation of children who don't like black and white movies. There's a level of impatience or intolerance now.

I was a guy who abandoned a TV show. I didn't care about people.

All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can see the whole idea without any confusion…What you see is what you see.

I like working. It is where I feel useful. I have no plans to cut down. I am happy with what I do. There will be a lot more of me yet, that's for sure.

My idols are all older.

We shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence save to serve man.

My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it