"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."

“When I was a teenager, my father went bust. He could have declared himself bankrupt, but he was an honourable man and he insisted on paying back all his debts. That almost ruined the family. I was aware that my mother and father couldn't control things anymore. I guess I was afraid that we would end up on the street.”

“I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.”

Source : "Anson Mount Talks Hell on Wheels Season 2, the Best Part of the Job, Walking the Line Between Hero and Villain and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 19, 2012.

“...the title 'Righteousness' is given to God because He assigns what is appropriate to all things; he distributes their due proportion, beauty, rank, arrangement, their proper and fitting place and order...”

“On examinations: Das Wissen ist der Tad der Forschung. Knowledge is the death of research. Nernst's motto.”

“I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people”

“Three enemies of personal peace: regret over yesterday’s mistakes, anxiety over tomorrow’s problems, and ingratitude for today’s blessings.”

“As soon as the Cross ceases to be to us, first of all, the place of utmost shame and contempt, we make the Cross of Christ of none effect.”

“I don't find R.E.M. to be nihilistic. There is a constant undertone of joyous optimism. I'm not going to kill myself to Patti Smith or R.E.M.”