We can always take but never give.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

Pain can mask itself as a righteous companion

Opposition stood in my way, but I persevered against all odds and in the process gained my freedom as well as became a man whose future is like the universe/cosmos...INFINITE

Money isn't everything, but it's right up there with oxygen.

For me, directing is like writing with meat. I can write live, in real time, and change things and be confident that I'm helping the movie.

One nip from a dragon and you're down? Get up, you craven school (boy/girl)!

And there is a difference between the essence of a Sacrament and its use.

We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us

Courage, contrary to popular belief, is not the absence of fear. Courage is the wisdom to act in spite of fear.

One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.

I don't think you earn the right to a message until you've earned it by having a real fight, really being willing to stand up for what you believe in.