I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Dictators are bound to usurp democracy at the very first opportunity. 

Abundance may be the root cause of wastage.

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean.

Storytelling is storytelling. You still play by the same narrative rules. The technology is completely different. I don't use one piece of technology that I used when I started directing.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

Little pools of water tend to become stagnant and useless, but if they are joined together to form a big lake, the atmosphere is cooled and there is universal benefit.