Meditation is for many a foreign concept, somehow distant and foreboding, seemingly impossible to participate in. But another word for meditation is simply awareness. Meditation is awareness.

O wad some power the giftie gie us to see some people before they see us.

Art is a tool by which society extends its perception.

Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail.

I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.

Don't underestimate the power of the nonplussed look and the shake of the head. Letting noxious words hang in the air can be very powerful.

When you get so that you can't see, you come to it gradually. And if you didn't come by it gradually, I guess you'd just kill yourself when you couldn't see.

A boy's muscles move quicker than his thoughts.

Here's the bottom line, we're either going or not.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

I'm not a political guy. I've been a Democrat my whole life, but that didn't mean I went in and just pulled the Democratic ticket.