The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose.

The human intellect is the great truth-organ; realities, as they exist, are the subjects of its study; and knowledge is the result of its acquaintance with the things which it investigates.

Genuine and innocent wit is surely the very flavor of the mind.

Science is teaching man to know and reverence truth, and to believe that only so far as he knows and loves it can he live worthily on earth, and vindicate the dignity of his spirit.

Heaven alone, not earth, is destined to witness the repose of faith.

Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.

We hail science as man's truest friend and noblest helper.

In solitude all great things are born.

Life is the offspring of death.

Kindness is the ultimate essence of life

Being imperfect, makes you perfect.

The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.

There seem to be no way he could stop anything that was happening, although it all felt wrong.

If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.

I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.

I think to be empathetic is the greatest gift you can have as a designer. Hopefully, people will look at me and say, 'He really loved women.'

I have a bit of an obsession with the 1950's and all those actors from Montgomery Clift to James Dean and Anthony Perkins. Just that whole era of Tennessee Williams to Elia Kazan.

The real fighter knows perfectly well that there is no difference between victory and defeat, friend and enemy, day and night, life and death.