"Meditation on the majestic energyof the universe should increase our love for humanity, should widen, not narrow, our hearts."

“Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil....”

“It's not just the small-potatoes post-9/11 Homeland spending that feels a little off mission. It's the big-ticket stuff too.”

“Those old stories of visions and dreams guiding men have their truth; we are saved by making the future present to ourselves.”

“You don't get great at selling in a day. You get great at selling day by day.”

Source : Jeffrey Gitomer (2014). “The Sales Bible, New Edition: The Ultimate Sales Resource”, p.6, John Wiley & Sons

“We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative people. You must strive to set them free.”

Source : Television and the Public Interest, delivered 9 May 1961, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC

“I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.”

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

“A work of art doesn't dare you to realize it. It germinates and gestates by itself.”

Source : 1982 Reply to a tribute from the Directors Guild of America. Reported in Variety, 26 Apr.

“Film and art are close together.”

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