"My first reading of Tolstoy affected me as a revelation from heaven, as the trumpet of the judgment. What he made me feel was notthe desire to imitate, but the conviction that imitation was futile."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Reading Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Desire Quotes

“At least this is the way I see it. I am a physicist. I also consider myself a Christian. As I try to understand the nature of our universe in these two modes of thinking, I see many commonalities and crossovers between science and religion. It seems logical that in the long run the two will even converge.”
“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
“The toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire. Itâ€™s a shame. They make three times as much on toys as they do on films. Itâ€™s natural to make decisions that protect the toy business, but thatâ€™s not the best thing for making quality films.”

Source : "Did ‘Star Wars’ become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back". Article by Geoff Boucher, herocomplex.latimes.com. August 12, 2010.
“The only way you're going to be successful is if you admit what you don't know and you ask for help.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.”
“Hoodie was just a nickname I had growing up and I just wanted to have a name that would stick in peoples' minds and be a little bit funny and representative of who I am.”
“There have been times when the church seemed afraid, but she is no longer. Analyze, dissect, use your microscope or your spectrum till the last atom of matter is reached; reflect and refine till the last element of thought is made clear; the church now knows with the certainty of science what she once knew only by the certainty of faith, that you will find enthroned behind all thought and matter only one central idea--that idea which the church has never ceased to embody--I AM!”
“A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working”

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