God could not keep, as it were, the secret of His love, and the telling of it was creation.

Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.

There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.

Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.

Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.

Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul's language.

God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.

The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin."

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

Despite opinions to the contrary, restoring Godly values is the most progressive course of action that we could ever hope to take.

I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him.

I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.

I'm working on inventing an aerosol spray that repels papparazi. I haven't perfected it but when I do I will make millions.

In wartime, the degree of patriotism is directly proportional to distance from the front.

All paintings start out of a mood, out of a relationship with things or people, out of a complete visual impression

The whole exploitation thing is funny, too. Exploitation is the nature of the world, isn't it?