We must go to such towns as Bristol, York, and Norwich.

The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.

As of essential importance in town churches which are not at all equally necessary in the country.

We must go to such towns as Bristol, York, and Norwich.

An absolutely different and distinctive character.

I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches.

It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.

There is no law of physics that says just because we're connected, there has to be this schism between our physical lives and our digital lives.

I did The Sorting Hat, and it was the Gryffindor, and I was like, 'I'm not doing it again. It could be something bad.'

If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?'

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now.

From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.

I am lazy, but for some reason, I am so paranoid that I end up working hard.

During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.

A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen.

One of my most important 'Secrets of Adulthood': Outer order contributes to inner calm.

Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really.

Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn’t, it is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere, but one has a heart, the other doesn’t. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life.

I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

Service to society is the rent we pay for living on this planet.

I love sports. When I'm not playing, I'm watching, reading, or otherwise obsessing about them. This probably stems from growing up in Indiana, where if you didn't at least attempt to play basketball, you were considered of dubious moral character.

People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it.

I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I'm not Jewish. Secondly, I make too much money for all those old farts in the Academy.

First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it.

I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, 'Can this quote be pared down and misinterpreted?' It doesn't matter what outlet I'm talking to and how comprehensive the interview is, because I have to think in terms of, 'Right, but 'People' magazine could just take this one quote and take it out of context.'

Hatred bounces.

You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?

There is no more reason to believe that Bitcoin will stand the test of time than that governments will protect the value of government-created money, although Bitcoin is newer, and we always look at babies with hope.

The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air.

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

Blind chance sweeps the world along.