I wanted to be a professional dancer for a period of time, and I did a lot of dancing and choreography and got paid for it.

Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.

Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it.

Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.

The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.

What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.

We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.

When God made the color purple, God was just showing off.

I always knew I'd go to space.

Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a universal understanding of a personal experience.

Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.

There's not a lot to do when you don't want to do anything.

Once you reach the summit of your own heart you will see beauty is everywhere.

Questions are infinitely superior to answers.

I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.

Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.

I mean somebody with the wit and the guts to go and do and create. And, that I believe is what education is all about

no reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too.

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.

The problem is I'm older now, I'm 40 years old, and this stuff doesn't change the world. It really doesn't.