"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."

“The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her...”

“Having a manicure pulls a look together. Hands are the first thing people see after your face.”

“Self-confidence is an important ingredient that makes for a successful physicist.”

Source : "Growing up with quantum field theory: The development of quantum electrodynamics. In: The birth of particle physics" edited by L.M. Brown and L. Hoddeson, Cambridge University Press, (p. 75), 1983.

“I actually knew I was going to be perfect for Def Leppard, sorry I hate to say that but I knew it.”

“My voice falls into Southern drawl when I am tired, drunk, or in trouble. Too often, my accent is attacked by all three of these realities.”

“All Philosophy is Biography”

“It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it.”

“I love collaboration. I love working with people to come up with something better than what I initially thought. With directing, you have to be controlling in a lot of ways, but I find myself trying to battle against that, to not be controlling, because that's when great things can come about, beyond how great you think you can be.”

Source : "Octavia Spencer Talks RED BAND SOCIETY, Her Character’s Journey in Season 1, Favorite Scenes, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 16, 2014.