He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first, and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies.

Just do what you do best.

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology.

The best way to forget ones self is to look at the world with attention and love.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.

He who believes in nobody knows that he himself is not to be trusted.

Basketball is like war in that offensive weapons are developed first and it always takes a while for the defense to catch up.

The coach should be the absolute boss but he still should maintain an open mind.

All records are made to be broken.

If they think weve got an edge weve got an edge.

I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.

It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses.

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.

In 'Falling Skies,' I was playing a soldier and a fighter, and then, when I was taken captive, you're still in this post-apocalyptic world.

Todd Solondz is one of my favorite directors.

What a war in Iraq will not do is bring about peace in the Middle East or end the injustices that feed resentment and breed terrorists.

Jumping genes are fundamental because they're agents of change. Everybody knows that organisms evolve. What makes them evolve is that their genes are dynamic and in motion. A familiar example is the stripe-y corn - called Indian corn - that you buy in the fall.

To be true is manly, chivalrous, Christian; to be false is mean, cowardly, devilish.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

I loved being at the 'Times,' and they were incredibly good to me. I think it's a wonderful paper, and I was really well edited.

All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, the Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of Hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all the folks who were taught that from understanding that they need a savior.

Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not.

It always amazes me when people go rent horses and ride them. You mean you want me to pay you to ride a horse?

I've always thought Harper Lee might have made a great decision. Much as you'd like to have more books by her, there's something about just one that's kind of mysterious and nice. On the other hand, the New York gossip about me was that I'd never write another book. So I thought, 'Well, I will then.'

I think my children know that Mother's priority is to be with them first. But I don't think it has to be an either/or situation. Work is very important to me, and it wouldn't be in the best interest of my children for me to stay home seven days a week.

The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.

There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that will make sense of your existence, and the other is to get out there and find purpose for yourself.

There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

Adulthood is hell.

People don't think their dreams amount to much, but when I ask them to examine them for common themes, they surprise themselves at how accurate they are! They see that their dreams have value.

British people are surprised that I'm British! It's extraordinary, I get tweets every day from British people saying, 'I had no idea you were British.'