I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.

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.

Great songs don't grow on trees, yet lots of songs have been written on great trees

By night an atheist half-believes in God.

If you're going to live in the anxiety of the surface of this world, you're never going to find the depth, the source. If you want calmness, you've got to go deeper.

It's very difficult to liberate yourself from what you've learned. You know it's almost impossible because you learn in order to survive.

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.

For a rub with sweet tang: mix just a little bit of light brown sugar to garlic pepper, black pepper, and onion powder.

I know what a good question would be for an actor. What's your least favorite thing that you've ever heard an actor say about acting? Or about being in a movie?

I changed the world; the world changed me. Everything you do comes back to you. When you affect a situation, you are also affected.

The voices of fear are so loud today. The voices of love should never shout, but neither should they whisper - not at a time like this.

Tarring a highway in 90-degree heat is hard work. This is baseball. Something I love.