Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

A human being can only take so much when their basic rights as a citizen of the earth are being denied to them – or sold at a high cost.

She taught me only how to need to be taken care of. I was here because I needed to learn to take responsibility for making my own decisions — to earn my own trust.

Take it with a whole shaker of salt, a grain won't be close to enough.

Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.

I tend to curse in French more often than I do in English.

When you go to plant a flag on the visiting team's field, it's a form of taunting, .. What message are you sending when you spear it into the turf of your defeated opponent?.

I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life.

I think all women have some sort of beauty in them.

Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.