"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."

“Can quantum mechanics represent the fact that an electron finds itself approximately in a given place and that it moves approximately with a given velocity, and can we make these approximations so close that they do not cause experimental difficulties?”

“You have to be ruthless with yourself, in terms of being honest about what is working and what is not.”

Source : "Patton Oswalt Talks TRAGEDY PLUS COMEDY EQUALS TIME, Doing Another Stand-Up Special, Preparing to Shoot Live Performances & Upcoming TV Guest Spots". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 16, 2014.

“There's some pretty good academic research that suggest that what Americans don't like is losing.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

“You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.”

“There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.”

Source : 'The Schoolmaster' (1570) bk. 1

“Have unlimited vision under God. Have enthusiasm and faith in what God can do. Without this vision you will become discouraged with the situation at hand; with it you will know that with God all things are possible. Beginning with things as they are and having the vision of what God can do, you will make an unbeatable team.”

“The conscience is more wise than science.”

“The reason I make art is because I get to make a choice about who I am, what I do, and what I put out into the world, the footsteps I leave behind.”