If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.

If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.

Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

Good design should be honest.

I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.

I couldnt find the sports car of my dreams so I built it myself.

Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

The perfect racing car crosses the finish line first and subsequently falls into its component parts.

A day without newspapers is like walking around without your pants on.

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

Pablo Picasso, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Hemingway, Mel Gibson, Lou Reed, Norman Mailer, Vanessa Redgrave, Van Morrison - each is distinguished by controversies unrelated to his or her art; by many accounts, some of them are not nice people at all.

Hope is a rainbow of thought.

Our souls already know each other, don't they?' he whispered. 'It's our bodies that are new.

I'd love to own a bakery at some point. My grandmother could help me run it - she is an amazing baker! I'd also love to do a cookbook.

Chess is like war on a board.

You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.

When I was in high school, I listened to a lot of death metal bands.

In the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda. For instance, 80 percent of small-subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and yet all the programs in the past were predominantly focused on men.

But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!

If you think you're too big for small jobs, maybe you're too small for big job.

I feel totally lucky and happy. I think a lot of young directors feel this way but you sort of, like, have a biological clock that starts ticking and you like feel like you aren't anything until you direct a movie and you need to find yourself and this is how you do it.

Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.

You know, I went to Oberlin. At that time, grades were - you elected to have them or not. It was all of that era where grades were out the window. But I did very well in school. I didn't really study the arts; I practiced the arts.

There is only one Dwayne Johnson. What Dwayne has done is absolutely fantastic. He had a vision when he was here at WWE. He promotes like a mad man. We'll see how I do with John Cena before I can be mentioned in the company of Dwayne Johnson.

Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be friends. Why should we hate each other?

The more gays and lesbians come out - the more people realize that they have a friend who's gay, which they may not have known before, and they realize this person has the same aspirations and desires and need to be committed and to be part of a community - then they become more accepting.

Martinis are glamorous but also so simple because they only have a few ingredients, and you can really taste the vodka.

That's quite a difficult thing in life, to be who you are. And when you are doing interviews, you kind of feel this need to say something interesting.

My uncle is so funny - Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks English; it's just full-blown jibber-jabber. It's so funny to watch on TV because you really need subtitles because you can't understand him.

Many retail stores have consumer trackers that study how long your eyes linger on one product, whether you follow it through by touch, and things that you buy. You can redesign things on a shelf, all by tracking such information.

I decided to give acting a serious, committed try, and soon after, I read the script for 'Lovely and Amazing.' The story was beautiful and honest, and the characters struggled with the same insecurities many women - including me - face. I didn't think I had a chance in hell of being in the film, but I knew I had to go for it.