I look upon myself as a musical bricklayer with architectural aspirations.

It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.

My position is perfectly definite. Gravitation, motion, heat, light, electricity and chemical action are one and the same object in various forms of manifestation.

The fall of a given weight from a height of around 365 meters corresponds to the heating of an equal weight of water from 0° to 1°.

Truly I say to you, a single number has more genuine and permanent value than an expensive library full of hypotheses.

You must keep looking on the bright side, because you won't find anything in the dark.

What happens in the dark should not be brought to light.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

My son is a blessing in every way.

It would cost Americans their jobs when they have to compete with millions of more [immigrants] for scarce jobs.

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity

I literally would have been the guy that would have played pro ball until they came to me and said, "Go home, you don't work here anymore."

I would rather him to bear patiently with it than to put himself in danger of a greater evil.

One of finest evocations of life in Western America in recent memory... Powerful and profoundly moving.