"The naturalist picked up the eagle and said to it, "Thou dost belong to the sky and not to this earth; stretch forth thy wings and fly.""

“I just think it's fun to remind people that good television has exited and it can exist again and just to give them pleasure and enjoy it and make them laugh.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Think of how many mistakes you made at 22 years old. Like, I made a million.”

Source : "Kristen Stewart Cheats on Robert Pattinson: Her Twilight Costars Forgive Her". Interview with Nicole Eggenberger, www.usmagazine.com. November 1, 2012.

“One can get a proper insight into the practice of flying only by actual flying experiments. . . . The manner in which we have to meet the irregularities of the wind, when soaring in the air, can only be learnt by being in the air itself. . . . The only way which leads us to a quick development in human flight is a systematic and energetic practice in actual flying experiments.”

“Music should be poor. Music should be with out air conditioning. That's just the way it is.”

“I'll play until my knees fall off.”

“If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.”

“Fine art, poetry, that kind of thing, elevates a nation ...”

“Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.”

Source : "Bridge" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. February 28, 2011.