Induction is the glory of science and the scandal of philosophy.

Civilizations are not remembered by their business people, their bankers or lawyers. They're remembered by the arts.

I was trying to unravel the complicated trigonometry of the radical thought that silence could make up the greatest lie ever told.

Contemporary art challenges us.. it broadens our horizons. It asks us to think beyond the limits of conventional wisdom.

If someone can't give me a good reason why you can't do something, I find a way to do it.

The best move you can make in negotiation is to think of an incentive the other person hasn't even thought of - and then meet it.

Who you spend your life with-much more so than how you choose to spend it-is the most important decision you can make. Do it right. That's the best advice I can give you.

For businesses to be successful, they need to constantly ask the question: how can we provide value to our customers? At the end of the day, that is what matters.

Research – and using what you learn from it to analyze every situation – is what separates being unreasonable from being irrational.

Art evokes emotion. It doesn't have to be a thing of beauty.

I have always believed that every great city in history needs a vibrant center.

Complacency delivered us into the hands of evil greedy men like Cheney.

The Lord has heard your cries. He will help you.

Focus your thoughts on what you want in every area of your life...the more you think and focus on something, the more you will bring energy to it and make it happen.

Language forces us to perceive the world as man presents it to us.

If somebody ever says something is a mature theme, it's bound to not be. I mean, you shouldn't fall for that. You can make it sound mature, but anything that's about being mature is pretty immature.

Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

If you can charm everyone it means you don't care about anyone in particular.

You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business, and sometimes films which are not so good work.

If you have a sacred place and use it, take advantage of it, something will happen.

Forget the boring old dictum, 'Write about what you know.' Instead, seek out an unknown yet knowable area of experience that's going to enhance your understanding of the world and write about that.