I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Genius is experience. Some think to seem that it is a gift or talent, but it is the fruit of long experience in many lives

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad

At the working man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.

For Hannibal, it's really about food as art and also, Hannibal's specific brand of art. And I guess I'm a bit of a foodie.

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

You take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.

I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I'm really a shy guy.

I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.

That which hinders your task is your task.

Faith is what? Faith is to love something you have no idea about.