The world is in need of less religion and more common sense.

No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky.

Without doubt half the ethical rules they din into our ears are designed to keep us at work.

A wise man can do no better than to turn from the churches and look up through the airy majesty of the wayside trees with exultation, with resignation, at the unconquerable uncomplicated sun.

Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.

I've never believed in living for the ones you love. I believe in the power of death, I'd die for the ones that I love.

Even in the middle of barking dogs, you can hear the footsteps of a big revolution!

You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.

Sometimes broken things deserve to be repaired.

It's important that a film is loud and I hope many people agree. You should be inside of a film when you go into a theater. It should surround you, envelope you, so you can live inside a dream.

The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite.

Start with the notion that yours is the sole responsibility unless there's powerful evidence to the contrary

Management must take the lead in making obsolete its own products and services rather than waiting for a competitor to do so.

Happiness and well-being are actually best regarded as skills.