Ideas, like individuals, live and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of the mental world.

Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.

To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.

The facts of the present won't sit still for a portrait. They are constantly vibrating, full of clutter and confusion.

Men ardently pursue truth, assuming it will be angels' bread when found.

If there be a skeptical star I was born under it. Yet I have lived all my days in complete astonishment.

There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, "He who hates vice hates mankind."

Our business is not to solve problems beyond our mortal powers, but to see to it that our thoughts are not unworthy of the great theme.

Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron fillings.

Wittgenstein once wrote that when the eye sees something beautiful, the hand wants to draw it. I wish I could draw you.

Traveling is not a hindrance for me; it's something I actually enjoy.

Dogmatism grew from the soil of simplistic and frequently wrong concepts. Dogmatism is like a ship that has run aground: the waves run, the ship stays put, but the impression of movement persists

There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe ... but not for us.

I resolve not to drink liquids before donning the Bat-suit.

It's time to raise a generation of participants, not another generation of fans.

My agent called me at 5:30am, and I thought the set of my movie had burned down, or Josh [Hutcherson] had died, or something…I didn’t realize! I was so tired!

If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.

If you come back; I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart

The truth is this: I am a Southern Baptist, and the great majority of Southern Baptists are lost.