I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.

Am I about to feel really, really stupid?

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

Failure is always an option.

I learned at an early age that I could make the things that I wanted. That's a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.

The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Don't work for fools. It's not worth it. Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.

It's sort of a mental attitude about critical thinking and curiosity. It's about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.

How very like humans to pervert a message of love and peace to make it into an ideology of war and oppression to serve their own ends.

When eyes have died in its gaze, know the heart had died in its blaze.

Trust me, darlin', I've got skills for every room in the house.

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

It helps to have someone in the same boat as you... There's a lot of pressure, so it helps to have someone who's also young and famous and has a lot of pressure to succeed.

I'm more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

To watch a movie in 3D when it's not really planned in 3D is disturbing sometimes.

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules.

We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end.

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.