The restriction of knowledge to an elite group destroys the spirit of the society and leads to its intellectual impoverishment.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

If a story is in you, it has to come out.

Stop listening to the TV tell you about America the beautiful . . . get up and be America the beautiful.

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.

I always loved books. I don't remember learning to read, it was just something I always did. I was hungry for knowledge, I guess, and information; I was a curious kid. I still am.

My style is a little masculine, and what I loved about Pyer Moss was how well he can make a blazer, the looseness of those pants, or color palette that he chooses from season to season.

It is remarkable that among all the preachers there are so few moral teachers. The prophets are employed in excusing the ways of men.

Be true to yourself, know that your are more than your face and body, and keep God first.

What I love about design is the artistic and scientific complexity that also becomes useful.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.