"The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions."

“That one [in "2012"] was different because it was all CG, getting washed away by water. In "Independence Day," everything was still done in models, built in a certain scale out of plaster, and packing tons and tons of little explosives and charges in there. We had a second one in case it didn't work the first time, but it worked the first time.”

Source : Source: www.bullz-eye.com

“We are not peddlers of the fashionable. We believe that good design defies fashion, is truly innovative, eminently sensible, yet a source of inspiration to those who have the pleasure of living with it.”

“I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with Marilyn Monroe and that's where I started. It doesn't make any sense because he was gay, but it was just the idea of the short guy and the beautiful blonde out of his league. That's where I started, but very quickly it became about me.”

“It is a vast, and pervasive, cognitive mistake to assume that people who agree with you (or disagree) do so on the same criteria that you care about.”

Source : "Egotistical bias". www.theatlantic.com. June 12, 2008.

“You don't need a plan; you just need to be present.”

“When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you are slamming the door in the face of God.”

Source : Charles L. Allen (2003). “All Things Are Possible Through Prayer: The Faith-Filled Guidebook That Can Change Your Life”, p.51, Revell

“Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.”

“Entrepreneurs need to listen. They don't need to be good listeners (although it can only help) but they need to know when to listen.”