The more specific the interpretation suggested by a picture, the less happy I am with it.

Photography... unites the obvious and the unconscious at the level of the limimal - the border between what we see and what we suspect.

Photography is a foreign language everyone thinks he speaks.

Reality has become a parallel universe with photographers returning with different versions of what it truly looks like.

[Photography is a] hair-raising joy ride in a medium that, despite being a mechanical trick, can break down the division between mind and matter like a superhero, or an artist.

Scrub your brain of any thoughts that don’t serve you, and to fill your mind with fresh, clean thinking that instills confidence, commitment, and ultimate success.

Our greatest limitation isn't the leader of the lives

You learned something right? Make it part of your life right away! You heard something clever? Internalize it instantly! You heard something beautiful? Add it to your life philosophy at once!

At some point, loneliness becomes less a condition than a habit.

Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays the passing of minutes when I frown.

More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read.

Personal pride is probably a bad guide to merit.

You are a side effect," Van Houten continued, "of an evolutionary process that cares little for individual lives. You are a failed experiment in mutation.

I want to say to the American people, we hear you. We will do right by you.

The kids are really smart. They are sharp and they're not yet bent over by the system. I think there's a wonderful intelligence in today's youth, and it's a part of growing up.