rhetoric is will doing the work of imagination.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

But everyone disappears, no matter who loves them.

I must strive to see only God in my friends, and God in my cats.

I do believe in [Robert] Bresson's method of creation through omission, not through addition.

And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.

I am saying that all predictions concerning climate are highly uncertain.

We have entered an era vibrating with the din of small voices. Every citizen can be a reporter, can take on the powers that be.

The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.

The Quantum Universe has a quotation from me in every chapter - but it's a damn good book anyway.

I try to make my life about service, and hope that one day we can all 'see' a little better because God is with everyone and everywhere.

Bad cooking is responsible for more trouble at sea than all other things put together.