"Having inborn capabilities doesn't matter. Whether you can manage them or not, that's what determines the victory or defeat."

“Nothing can make me madder than lawyers who don't care about others.”

“The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.”

“An exhibition is in many ways a series of conversations. Between the artist and viewer, curator and viewer, and between the works of art themselves. It clicks when an exhibition feels like it has answered some questions, and raised even more.”

“Never stand between a dog and the hydrant.”

“Iraq has not been disarmed 100 percent [but] in terms of what they [Iraqis] have accomplished there are no meaningful weapons or weapons production capability in Iraq today.”

“At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business repairing radios. It grew to be one of the largest in Philadelphia.”

“The instruments, glassware, and chemical reagents necessary for my project were the same as my 19th-century predecessors had.”

“Every word and every deed, every thought and every gesture, even the simple act of paying attention can be a gift and therefore an echo of God’s life in us.”