"Pain can either thrust me into the arms of Jesus or make me turn my back on Him. Either way, it's a choice."

“There is no communication in this world except between equals.”

“I think I'm less afraid of failure than some others.”

“Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.”

“Select such subjects that your pupils cannot walk out without seeing them. Train your pupils to be observers, and have them provided with the specimens about which you speak. If you can find nothing better, take a house-fly or a cricket, and let each one hold a specimen and examine it as you talk.”

“There are some women and a lot of dudes who are into my look, but I need to convey that I'm funny ahead of time. That's how I got laid. Every girl I've ever been with is because I was funny, not because they were into a 300-pound bearded, pale dudes.”

Source : "Nerdy meathead Jon Gabrus on straddling the bro/geek divide". Interview with Kyle Ryan, film.avclub.com. February 3, 2016.

“We commonly confuse closeness with sameness and view intimacy as the merging of two separate I's into one worldview.”

“The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying. Why is this important? Because when we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen. A process is set in motion by which, inevitably and infallibly, heaven comes to our aid. Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.”

“There is nothing positive about being fat. And there is nothing positive about loving yourself. We all need to conform to society's expectations of who we are, because if we don't, who will? Life is more enjoyable when you are thin and pretty. I was never fat a day in my life and I never will.”