Flattery'll get you anywhere.

Knowledge is more important than life. We've only one excuse for existing, to think, to find out, to learn.

There are no enemies in science, professor, only phenomena to study.

I like the idea of feeling small. Sometimes life can seem bigger than you, you know? But knowing you're less than a speck in the whole scheme of things takes the pressure off, sort of.

It does bear emphasis that slippery-slope arguments are notoriously invalid.

We live in a world where money is necessary. You can't just go out and roam the forest and the cities, at least in America.

I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.

No art is possible without a dance with death.

The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed.

I wouldn't mind being a track and field coach.

Politics is about moving forward, looking forward.

Every kid has something they're good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward.

When it comes to words I have a uniqueness that I find almost impossible in art – and it's my words that actually make my art quite unique.