創新人才的基本要件――負“職責”肯領悟，勤“動手”不怕錯，守“紀律”重團結。

古今中外，凡成就事業，對人類有作為的無一不是腳踏實地艱苦攀登的結果。

非經自我發奮所得的創新，就不是真正的創新。

沒有任何動物比螞蟻更勤奮，然而它卻最沉默寡言。

對搞科學的人來說，勤奮就是成功之母。

科學是為了那些勤奮好學的人，詩歌是為了那些知識淵博的人。

人為某事而誕生，並不是為無所事事而誕生。

哪裡有天才，我是把別人喝咖啡的功夫，都用在工作上的。

業精於勤而荒於嬉，行成於思而毀於隨。

路是腳踏出來的，歷史是人寫出來的。人的每一步行動都在書寫自己的歷史。

生命的用途並不在長短而在我們怎樣利用它。許多人活的日子並不多，卻活了很長久。

攀登上一個階梯，這固然很好，只要還有力氣，那就意味著必須再繼續前進一步。

勞動教養了身體，學習教養了心靈。

在天才和勤奮兩者之間，我毫不遲疑地選擇勤奮，她是幾乎世界上一切成就的催產婆。

我們每個人手裡都有一把自學成才的鑰匙，這就是：理想勤奮毅力虛心和科學方法。

什麼是天才！我想，天才就是勤奮的結果。

不存在沒有熱情的智慧，也不存在沒有知能的熱情，如果沒有勤奮，也不存在熱情與才能的結合。

天才就是最強有力的牛，他們一刻不停地一天工作十八小時。

時間是個常數，但也是個變數。勤奮的人無窮多，懶惰的人無窮少。

求學的三個條件是：多觀察多吃苦多研究。

如果你富於天資，勤奮可以發揮它的作用；如果你智力平庸，勤奮可以彌補它的不足。

形成天才的決定因素應該是勤奮，有幾分勤學苦練是成正比例的。

攀登頂峰，這種奮鬥的本身就足以充實人的心。人們必須相信，壘山不止就是幸福。

I admire any woman who does stand-up, but frankly I'd rather pull out my own eyelids.

South Africa had very poor repertory distribution. I didn't find out about Akira Kurosawa and Tarkovsky and Werner Herzog until I got to the U.K.

I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost about 100 pounds and within a year gained it all back.

To write you have to be able to know how to put words together.

In general, I found that the more that debates can be about facts and data, the more likely government is to make sound decisions that benefit innovators and the American people.

I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians.

I will absolutely say that whatever job I was asked to do, whatever schedule I was asked to work, it is never going to be as hard as looking after a child.

I went to the Conservatory of Music in school in Rome.

Since I was a child, I've liked telling stories. Maybe because my father's a director, I grew up loving stories. I'm not good at spinning them at a dinner table because I do go on a bit, but I love writing them, and directing is just a way of editing the story.

Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined.

Mankind without Earth is Humanity without a Home

I don't believe in a golden mean; I don't believe you find policy wisdom between two polar points. I don't dismiss that possibility, but I look at the platform that's so ideologically based, that's so dismissive of facts, of evidence, of science, and it's frankly hard to take seriously.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.

People pulling 16-hour days on a regular basis are exhausted. They're just too tired to notice that their work has suffered because of it.

I don't collaborate. You're born alone, you die alone, you get on stage alone.

It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.

I decided I would fill the emptiness in me with God and with paint.

I'm a fat kid on the inside. I love food so much, and I fluctuate about 25 to 30 pounds between movies. I feel like I have to do a chess movie that requires very little movement at some point, just so I can eat pizza and play chess on the beach all day.

I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, 'I'm not babysitting him no more. He's bad.' It was one of the first conscious shifts I remember making. I decided, 'I'm going to be good now.'

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health care problems. Its the most important solution.

Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.

Things like Facebook have made you feel as though you're connected to everybody. You've got a thousand friends on Facebook, but you don't actually talk to anybody. You're not close to anybody.

Love conquers all.