Existence is self-enjoyment, by means of some object distinct from ourselves.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Deceptions and lies reign in a country where focus is on messages of miracles and wonders

Do the next right thing and you'll be okay.

Let your heart dance with pen and paperNow fill the paper with dancing letters.

Animation, by necessity, is a team sport, and the fewer people with input into my work, the better I like it.

When we try to find our sense of security, value, worth from our work, we'll find ourselves anxiety-ridden and burdened.

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.

We've tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

I like to be right. I try not to miss the big ideas, forget the little ones, and try to get them right. End of job description.

Science has become adult; I am not sure whether scientists have.