I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. Use this quote
Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. Use this quote
Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme. Use this quote
Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago. Use this quote
Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic. Use this quote
One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse. Use this quote
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. Use this quote
Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature. Use this quote
I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not. Use this quote
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. Use this quote
Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents. Use this quote
Our enemies can deal a blow to us any time they wish. They did not wait for permission to do this. They do not deal a blow with prior notice. They do not take action because they can't. Use this quote
Memory is the mother of all wisdom. Use this quote
Imagination is but another name for super intelligence. Use this quote
The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating for a better diet for everyone - and that's the hard part - but by improving our own. And that happens to be quite easy. Less meat, less junk, more plants. Use this quote
I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be on a fishing boat with my dad. Use this quote
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. Use this quote
The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal. Use this quote
God always strives together with those who strive. Use this quote
So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor. Use this quote
