Every time I've strayed from the beaten path I've never regretted it.

You have to chase your dreams, no matter what. The impossible just takes a little longer. One stroke at a time, one step at a time, the impossible is easy to achieve.

Some things were secret even after you told them.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. The best collecting place for all of the ideas and information that comes your way is your journal.

Music is sound. It's a wave. It's going out and coming back, and it's bouncing off.

We are never angry because of what others say or do. It is our thinking that makes us angry.

It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.

Grace never ignores the awful truth of our depravity; in fact it emphasizes it. The worse we realize we are the greater we realize God's grace.

That's how it is online—there's no time in cyberspace. It's almost like everything physical evaporates, and it's just your mind and the different sites floating in a void.

Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.