Nature's silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block.

I alternate between thinking of the planet as home - dear and familiar stone hearth and garden - and as a hard land of exile in which we are all sojourners.

You do not have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it.

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

The soul may ask God for anything, and never fail.

What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are not they both saying: Hello? We spy on whales and on interstellar radio objects we starve ourselves and pray till we're blue.

I set up and staged hundreds of ends-of-the-world and watched, enthralled, as they played themselves out.

Someone dies, there oughta be something. It oughta shake the world! You're not supposed to walk away!

If I'm moving too fast or coming on too hard...

I asked him: Why didn’t you just tell me? He said: ‘If I tell you, you’ll just forget at some critical point. If you figure it out for yourself, you’ll always remember.

Juggling being a mom and an entertainer is a challenge I face every day.

I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.

I was a really bad taxi driver. I only collided twice but it was one time too much.

Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

History is neither written nor made without love or hate.

Never has our nation , or our world, stood on the precipice of adversity in such dire need of men answering the cry to rule well.

I always expected to be working construction with my family, so every day I get to travel the world and have fun with my friends is a bonus. I really enjoy pushing myself and so does my wife.