I think that the older I get and the more comfortable I get with myself, the more I realize that art is about relinquishing control of your emotions and being vulnerable and innocent.

We all love animals. Why do we call some 'pets' and others 'dinner?'

The Moon and Mars were the two most likely candidates for life in the solar system; what exists beyond our solar system is mere guesswork.

They cannot count on the press and they cannot count on Congressional committees to bring the problems of the scientific community to their own attention, or to police the scientific community.

With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. 'Terra Nova' is the Hubble Telescope of television.

An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.

This is the way to hear music, I think, surrounded by rolling hills and farmlands, under a big sky.

I grew up in cattle country-that's why I became a vegetarian. Meat stinks, for the animals, the environment, and your health.

To dance is human, to polka is divine.

There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

The sky is an infinite movie to me. I never get tired of looking at what's happening up there.

A book gets rejected because it's not ready to be published.

In creating you, God has alreadygiven you everything you need to livea life of endurance, abundance, andpurpose.

You say good-bye, and you think you'll be free. But I'll be awaiting you, in your final destiny.

The volume of twaddle from critics is directly proportional to the distance you keep from them. There is always room to spread your wings when you fly solo.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street have an opportunity to go into space - buoys up the whole neighborhood.

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

Given any new technology for transmitting information, we seem bound to use it for great quantities of small talk. We are only saved by music from being overwhelmed by nonsense.

Do we need more laws? God forbid! We need more righteousness, more freedom, and more godly men -- and fewer laws.