He who dares not (reason), is a slave.

I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.

As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it, but soberly learn to will which He wills.

Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.

He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.

He who dares not (reason), is a slave.

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.

He who dares not reason, is a slave.

It's as if I were collaborating with myself, revealing my relationship to the material. My hand would make the drawing. Then my mouth would transmit it.

When I went to college, I wasn't interested in fashion anymore - I was interested in art.

It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension between them is inevitable. What we, the black middle class have to do, is think of a strategy to avert that.

I don't know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we've become friends through the years. And you've been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can't tell you how grateful I am.

Books are mirrors. You only see in them what you already have inside of you.

All the embroidery is made in my fathers workshop in India... and all the cutting and sewing is done in my studio.

Laughter is binary It either happens or it doesnt. As each joke arrives in the course of a film the cavernous space of the theater is either filled with joy and laughter or with the quiet of cringing embarrassment. Every time you step to the plate to make a joke youre going to experience one or the other.

A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.

When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: 'Here comes the bride, all fat and wide.' Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.

I bought a Dutch barge and turned it into a recording studio. My plan was to go to Paris and record rolling down the Seine.

The space station here is a magical place and an incredible science facility.

How I work is I work from of very character-driven place. And I trust the writers.

Strikes always leave a bad taste with everyone.

I'm not much given to straight, irony-free hero-worship.

When I get out... if I get out of here, I hope that maybe we can get back together and have more kids.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

There's no Hollywood tradition of maybe not telling people that you're gay to protect your future ambitions. The YouTube world is a little unprecedented. I think what people are seeing is that the more true to yourself you are, the more an audience will connect with you.

An enormous amount of ingenuity and creativity goes into commercials, and they can be fascinating if you pay attention.

The foundation of a strong self comes from small acts of daily discipline.

Proprietary programming like news can be a great weapon.

I became super claustrophobic with Hollywood. I don't like Hollywood. I don't like what it represents. I think that Hollywood is great if you're an actor, actress, established. But for reality people or what people perceive as reality, it's tough. People are constantly discrediting everything you put on camera.

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

Pastor is a driver who doesn't respect other drivers.

The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn't.