"No tongue can express the greatness of the love which Jesus Christ bears to our souls. He did not wish that between Him and His servants there should be any other pledge than Himself, to keep alive the remembrance of Him."

“I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building.”

“I am not an attractive man. These clothes are the only thing holding me together; when I'm nude, my body shoots off in all directions. I'm like a starfish.”

Source : "Five Minutes With Jeremy Hotz". Interview with Rick Chandler, deadspin.com. May 2, 2007.

“The mind can make substance, and people planets of its own with beings brighter than have been, and give a breath to forms which can outlive all flesh.”

“Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king.”

Source : Mark Van Doren (1963). “Joy of being serious: address presented at the New Year convocation for students, University of Illinois”

“Let's face it, you have to have a slightly recessive gene that has a little something to do with the brain to go out on the football field and beat your head against other human beings on a daily basis.”

“That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.”

“I wouldn't consciously pursue trying to make something for the charts. It's just not in my scope now. I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.”

“Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.”