while it’s five in the morning here, it’s also five in the evening somewhere in China—proving that incompatible truths make perfect sense when seen with global perspective.

The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.

The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when 'should be' gets crushed by what is.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself, " the captain announces from the helm, "and the occasional man-eating monster.

My artwork isn't evolving, it's deconstructing, and I don't know why.

And I think, if thoughts are worth a penny, how much less promises must be worth. Especially the ones you're likely to break.

Elasticity is a fundamental principle of perception,

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees bottomless pit in yours.

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours.

They all think medicine should be magic, and they become mad at me when it's not.

I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them.

I must be overtired', Buttercup managed. 'The excitement and all.''Rest then', her mother cautioned. 'Terrible things can happen when you're overtired. I was overtired the night your father proposed.

The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be one's own self

We need to accept that the commandments of God aren't just a long list of good ideas. They aren't 'life hacks' from an Internet blog or motivational quotes from a Pinterest board.

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

I believe in empathy. When religion provides that for people, it's the best thing in the world.

The most important thing for you to do is see that in hoping to be affected by other things as fully as possible, you become more yourself.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making it far more secure.

It is the distance between us that creates language.

Of the big four, the PGA is the most fair and the least fun. Basically, it's just the US Open set up by nice, rather than nasty, fellows.