There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

He believed in it, as certain good women believe in the leviathan-by faith, not by reason.

How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

Anything you can imagine you can make real.

All that is impossible remains to be accomplished.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.

The cause of all trouble, the root of all sorrow, the dread of every man lies in this one small word—sin. It has crippled the nature of man . . .It has caused man to be caught in the devil’s trap.

Set aside your repertoire of objections and own 100 percent of your focus.

Drink up my honey eyes, Kiss them shut every night, And be my 'one' all my life.

Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money and power and influence.

I've got 911 on speed dial.

The Iranians are very skilled terrorist, and we'd have to expect that they'd hit at us as hard as they could. Especially in Iraq, where they have a great deal of power and influence.

I'm really more prolific than most stand-ups. My act changes. I do fold in new experiences, new observations, whatever you want to call it.

I think the career of President Mitterrand, which was rather sensational when it was revealed, is probably very typical.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

Farmers spend more time at Conventions than they do plowing.