The Jesuits…are a secret society – a sort of Masonic order – with superadded features of revolting odiousness, and a thousand times more dangerous.

Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's invention is another's tool.

If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.

Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity.

Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned me.

Science and art are not opposed.

What Hath God Wrought.

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler

Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe.

My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price

Too many people are counting on you to cross that finish line. Please don't disappoint yourself and them.

The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

We are about to make motherhood a crime. No civilized government in the history of mankind has ever done this.

poetry had everything to teach me about life.

The truth I do not dare to know I muffle with a jest.

The greatest thing anyone in Britain could do to help the future of the planet would be to have one less child.

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen

I think that, ultimately, the only thing that affects race relations is fair treatment.

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.