"My painting Two Worlds actually changed the way people see the world."

“A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.”

“Eventually I got asked to be in a Michael J. Fox sitcom called High School U.S.A. I didn’t think it was funny and said no. They doubled the money, and that kind of offended me. I realized, oh, that’s right, my opinion means nothing in Hollywood. I’d seen other people compromise, and I felt that once you gave up on what you wanted to do, you couldn’t go back. It was selling out. So I decided to go back to Minneapolis.”

Source : "'Mystery Science Theater 3000': the Definitive Oral History of a Tv Masterpiece". Interview with Brian Raftery, www.wired.com. April 22, 14.

“I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look into your mind, can I?”

“God has put something noble and good into every heart his hand has created. So while living on earth we must always remember to learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow because time will only show what has mattered throughout our journey.”

“Man has a viewpoint, but God has the view.”

“Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.”

“Smallpox was the worst disease in history. It killed more people than all the wars in history.”

“Some wounds go so deep that you don't even feel them until months, maybe years, later.”