Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By spending forty years of my life bent over my writing desk."

The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.

Every man if he so desires becomes sculptor of his own brain.

The worst part is not in making a mistake but in trying to justify it, instead of using it as a heaven-sent warning of our mindlessness or our ignorance.

In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years.

Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.

There are no small problems. Problems that appear small are large problems that are not understood

It is idle to dispute with old men. Their opinions, like their cranial sutures, are ossified.

In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated.

That which enters the mind through reason can be corrected. That which is admitted through faith, hardly ever.

To know the brain...is equivalent to ascertaining the material course of thought and will, to discovering the intimate history of life in its perpetual duel with external forces.

That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a knife.

I think the best music videos are the ones that have nothing to do with the song. Those are all my favorites.

A woman never tells you why she loves; she just tells you how she loves.

I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit

The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric.

Today President Obama gave a major speech where he defended his handling of the economy. And there were tons of people in the audience, you know, since nobody had to be at work.

I'm at my happiest when I'm on a movie set. It's like therapy for me.

Following Christ is a daily thing, not just a one-time thing

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.