Never before have humans been so ambitious, have they thought that they could be much more than their parents were.

When will we make the same breakthroughs in the way we treat each other as we have made in technology?

Art is, nowadays, our new religion and museums are our cathedrals.

The kind of conversation I like is one in which you are prepared to emerge a slightly different person.

A dream is what makes people love life even when it is painful.

Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal.

Each person is an enigma. You're a puzzle not only to yourself but also to everyone else, and the great mystery of our time is how we penetrate this puzzle.

I think the hero in our generation is not the individual but the pair, two people who together add up to more than they are apart.

The past is what provides us with the building blocks. Our job today is to create new buildings out of them.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

All invention and progress comes from finding a link between two ideas that have never met.

The policy of the future cannot forever be determined by the politics of the past - or even the present.

You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart.

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

I hope I don't become just an animation [with a digital film].

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.

You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.

I am selective, but at the same time, I want to be out there as an actor and show people my range.

If I know what something's about, and I can always have that touchstone, I feel like I can reach for really ridiculous humor and also go really dark in terms of the things I'm afraid of.

His laughter tinkled among the teacups.

We believe as much as we can. We would believe everything if we could.