How can my old photographs fail to create in me a feeling of emptiness and sorrow? They make me acutely aware that this second deprivation will be final this time.

The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.

Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.

Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidence that throughout the centuries something really happened among human beings.

Nor must we forget that in science there are no final truths.

I am the place in which something has occurred.

The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions.

I think that a society cannot live without a certain number of irrational beliefs. They are protected from criticism and analysis because they are irrational.

Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor anyone in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe.

Animals are good to think with.

Solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows.

With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipped maiden And many a lightfoot lad.

Im free - but Im also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.

The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity.

The church is not made up of spiritual giants; only broken men can lead others to the cross.

If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation.

People get caught up in formulaic answers. When one doesn't work, they just go on to the next.

You've seen how actors make movies like Star Wars and stuff. They're never really there. They're in front of a green screen just pretending to be jumping around.

Self respect beats social approval, every time.

I think the roles in television are better for women right now. At this point, I don't want to continue doing the same things I've been doing in film because it's very limited.