Nature is rarely allowed to enter the sacred portals of civilized society.

Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

An ignorant person is, by the very fact of his or her ignorance, a very dangerous person.

It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.

A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.

Life means progress, and progress means suffering.

In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma.

On the other hand, when you grow up you will discover that some of the people in this world never passed beyond the stage of the cave-man.

Sometimes in order to appreciate your future, you must remember the past.

The way to get ahead is to start now.

What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.

From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and teaching them things. I'm very, very critical.

If I start outsourcing all my navigation to a little talking box in my car, I'm sort of screwed. I'm going to lose my car in the parking lot every single time.

Forget about every other lesson in the book. You have to be able to tap your foot or else none of what you doing you are not gonna have any control of your symptom.

I can't give my phone number out. My phone number would be everywhere - everybody and their mom would be calling me.

In a culture that gives men irresponsible power and women powerless responsibility, the advancement of civilization cannot be a serious goal.

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here.

As an artist, I have to be a leader of my fans, not like follow them. Because if I chose to follow them, you know, they could do it.