The sky was full of stars, and every star an exploding ship.

I think that we are already making steps toward mapping out the brain so we can identify the chemical patterns that create and store memory.

It was the dawn of the third age of mankind.

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous.

If sacred places are spared the ravages of war... then make all places sacred. And if the holy people are to be kept harmless from war... then make all people holy.

All love is unrequited. All of it.

I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

Never follow somebody else's path; it doesn't work the same way twice for anyone... the path follows you and rolls up behind you as you walk, forcing the next person to find their own way.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

Wouldn't it be much worse if life really were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us happen because we really deserve them?

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control.

As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.

Jealousy ought to be tragic, to save it from being ridiculous.

Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue.

The first principle of modern cultures may be their connectedness. Culture is like wind and wind knows no boundary or center. Once there is a center, wind becomes a whirlwind.

I love Frances McDormand so much. I love her career. And I think it's fun because she gets to do comedy as well as drama.

We are justified in calling numbers a free creation of the human mind.

You can heal your body with food.

Instead of wiping away your tears, wipe the people who make you cry.