If ignorance is indeed bliss it is a very low grade of the article.

The key to success isn't much good until one discovers the right lock to insert it in.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

The West can teach the East how to get a living, but the East must eventually be asked to show the West how to live.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

Lean too much upon the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns.

If ignorance is indeed bliss, it is a very low grade of the article.

Prudence is sometimes stretched too far, until it blocks the road of progress.

If the world knew how to use freedom without abusing it, tyranny would not exist.

The schools of the country are its future in miniature.

A road that does not lead to other roads always has to be retraced, unless the traveller chooses to rust at the end of it.

Cold feet under a warm blanket, steam over an empty mug--rain splatters on dry window pane--open journals of closed memories... tears of laughter and joy of pain... schmaltz of diametric morning.

The ability to go anywhere in our imagination is a pure expression of individual freedom. It is a creative force that can help us transcend reality.

Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.

If you worry about how good the art is, you're never going to make your own art.

I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

I would say I'm - in the show, I'm a cultural Catholic, which is what I was.

I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures shows that I can communicate these basic human emotions.

I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.

I used to say I would never run unless I was being chased by someone with a gun. Now I'm a little obsessed with it!