To think is to say 'no.'

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have.

There is a future that makes itself and a future we make. The real future is composed of both.

The most difficult thing in the world is to say thinkingly what everybody says without thinking.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat.

What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.

People who are upset about something ruminate on it whenever they get a chance; they are constantly drawn back to their own unhappy tale as if it were a horror story left open on a table.

We prove what we want to prove, and the real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.

Wouldn't a sailor laugh at you if you told him that the whole crossing depends on the first turn of the helm?

If religion is only human, and its form is man's form, it follows that everything in religion is true.

Many people plan financially for retirement—but not spiritually and emotionally.

If people would take me seriously, I’d never find out anything significant about them.

I like to see you in a sari, with your long hair dressed in a single plait. Don't forget that I married a girl from India because I like my wife to be conservative and feminine.

Politics. The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life.

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

CalArts was incredible for me. It's a school that I rave about and constantly want to give back to.

On days like today you realize that you just can't keep these hypergrowth stocks down.

The Latino community, they're some of the most loyal fans on the planet.

Most mothers kiss and scold together.