When visiting the Grand Canyon, make sure you hike into the canyon. And be careful not to fall or step in mule poop.

The average person will take the excuses, but the leader will always take responsibilities

Children are the only bold philosophers. And bold philosophers are invariably children.

Why do I keep evading my work? Is it because I’m afraid of being confronted by my lack of abilities?

I don't care how wonderful heaven is, I won't be content waiting thirty years for you.

This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur in my films.

The only time I ever iron the sheets or make meringues is when there is an ... urgent deadline in the offing.

The most necessary disposition to relish pleasures is to know how to be without them.

While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information.

Hardly anyone about whom I deeply care at all resembles anyone else I have ever met, or heard of, or read about in literature.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation