The photograph as an object has a relationship to that which it represents something like the relationship the snake skin has to the snake that sheds it.

To photograph is often compared to an act of redemption - to select from an infinite number of choices that which is to be remembered.

I don't look for things to see how they function as metaphors.... You can't photograph the sublime. You can only traffic in the specific and its relationship to the symbolic.

In all my work there's this notion of the melancholic. You can make a photograph about the sublime, but you can't make the sublime itself.

It's good to be around people who see [photography] as a reasonable enterprise when everyone in the neighborhood may think it's ridiculous. (On the benefit of teaching photography)

The proper biblical understanding of sin is much more radical and far-reaching. It can never be used as a weapon, because it will recoil on anyone who tries to deploy it that way.

He seemed to think that spanking soled problems instead of taking the time to talk about them.

I like to think about the quality, content, and concept for my music because I think these are the most important things and it just molds everything together.

By the time I got to the league I knew the cameras were going to be there and to turn it on.

I want to thank the good lord for making me a yankee

Whoever can surprise well must conquer.

When I'm really involved or getting towards the end of a novel, I can write for up to ten hours a day. At those times, it's as though I'm writing a letter to someone I'm desperately in love with.

We all know that girls who compete in sports perform better in school, are physically healthier and have a stronger self-esteem.

Hunger can explain many acts. It can be said that all vile acts are done to satisfy hunger.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.