I grew up on basketball, volleyball, that sort of thing. For me, track and field was a whole 'nother beast.

That was my goal in portraying Jesse Owens: bringing that level of humanity so people could understand who he was as a person.

I want to be a superhero, I want to be Spider-Man or Batman. Will you let me know if you have any connections? Let's make it happen.

Everything is energy. You are an energy magnet, so you electrically energize everything to you and electrically energize yourself to everything you want

It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all.

In fact, life itself is a contradiction if only because birth is the direct cause, in every single case, of death

It may literally turn out that a Hottentot, an educated and literate Hottentot it is true, but one who is a member of a relatively primitive society, would be able to make bombs.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I like the idea of having a paperless society.But to be paperless means you have to be so careful with your identity.

It's okay to be kind of looking for what you want and trying out all kinds of different ideas and different course work, etc.

Scientists tend to risk theories they admire

People always have something to say about what you do and how you do it.

Nemesis is one of God's handmaids.