I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire.

It's basically the same, just darker.

The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles.

It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991

If you don't believe you don't belong

The intrinsic and extrinsic heart is always at odds, so which heart is yours? For one will bask in true joy, while the other lives in self-loathing misery.

Be attached to nothing. Be grateful for everything.

I love everything about the South; I even love hate.

Man's experience is indeed a seamless garment, no part of which can be separated from the rest.

I'm not the only person in the world who is suffering. I'm trying to talk to the world, responding to those voices.

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.

I build engines and attach wheels to them.

I was working in a family business-the fur business - and I hated it. I was reading the New York Times want ads, and I saw a photographer's assistant job in Vogue. Things went from there.

Despite claims by some to the contrary, we have heard numerous times in hearings and briefings by experts that existing technologies do not fully or effectively detect nuclear material.

My favorite movies are love stories.