God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Sometimes we do not have words to explain our emotions, just a smile is enough.

Forever?"Sam's lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie."Longer.

If my strength is technology, financial structuring is my son's skill.

When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.

Movie people are possessed by demons, but a very low form of demons.

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.

Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity.

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar, but it has its own scruffy charm.

Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.