What pen can describe this scene of marvellous horror; what pencil can portray it?

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.

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

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.

Winning is great, but if it's not enough then then you'll never have enough!

I do not walk into the storm unless I have been called into the storm. For the former is arrogance and the latter is obedience.

Only your life's work, driven by passion, will last forever.

A failure establishes only this that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

I know it's a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it's more rewarding than anything I can imagine.

Why in the world do the insurance companies get to be the boss of birth? That's what I want to know.

Smell is the sense of memory and desire.

Efforts to reform are often met with resistance because the system always tries to fall back to the status quo and what is comfortable.

Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a threat

I think it's worse for actors, though, because people have to choose you. As a director, I get to choose the actors, but most of the time, actors have to be chosen in order to work.