With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one.

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

For nothing ought to be posited without a reason given, unless it is self-evident (literally, known through itself) or known by experience or proved by the authority of Sacred Scripture.

God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone.

It is vain to do with more what can be done with less.

Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones.

When you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better.

Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.

No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.

Desire is the seed of potential.

The more you love, the more you give, the more you get.

Understand why you are different and how you help, recognise your target market, and give them something they might not even realise they are missing.

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

Failure is a necessary ingredient for success.

And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.

I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.

A film is a machine made of images

The most important thing is to continue to be yourself. The day after the Oscars, you have to get on with your life. To be honest and true to yourself.

Thus science may implement the ways in which man produces, stores, and consults the record of the race.