Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.

As an allegorical art, then, photography would represent our desire to fix the transitory, the ephemeral, in a stable and stabilizing image.

Do you really need permission? Still waiting for that invitation to your life? No one is going to give it to you...only you can do that.

You will succeed at the sacred time.

Three scents accompany my memories of this place: cut wood, poppy-seed bread, and the soft, crisp smell of snow.

I'll come back as soon as I can with as much as I can. In the meantime, you've got to hold!

Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand.

If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby.

I think if the extremists were happy with my films, I'd start to worry.

I have the '86 Haro Master that I built. It was the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford, and I'm like, "I'm going to build that Haro and never ride it."

The moment you start complaining, you are already not taking into consideration all the good things Allah [God] has given you.

The law is not an end in itself, nor does it provide ends. It is preeminently a means to serve what we think is right.