Science and art are not opposed.

Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's invention is another's tool.

If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.

The Jesuits…are a secret society – a sort of Masonic order – with superadded features of revolting odiousness, and a thousand times more dangerous.

Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity.

Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned me.

What Hath God Wrought.

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler

Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe.

My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price

Leaving knots untied and scattering seeds to distract them will only work on vampires with OCD.

Of all the stories I have read about heroes, and all that I could ever read, of one thing I'm certain-he is mine.

I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Keep up your courage, stay true to what you believe in.

Love is the feeling we get when we recognize the positive attributes in another.

People tell you keep your job, start the company on the side. If I'm doing it on the side, then probably one of the reasons it fails is because I didn't dedicate enough time to it.

Apathy adds up, in the long run, to cowardice.

She wants to lead the glamorous life, but without love, it ain't much.

Actually, my ideal life would be to have an evergreen tree farm and, every December, I'd load them up and just stand out on the street and sell Christmas trees.