No new creation or destruction of matter is within the reach of chemical agency. We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet into the solar system, or to annihilate one already in existence, as to create or destroy a particle of hydrogen.
No matter how good you are at something, there's always about a million people better than you.
Whenever I give a talk about my work I am invariably asked who my influences are. Not what my influences are, but who. . As if the gutter, misunderstandings, memories, sex, dreams, and books matter less than forebears do. After all, in terms of influences, it is as much the guy who mugged me on Tenth Street, or my beloved dog who passed away much too early, as it was Giotto or Diane Arbus.
Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.
If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget. . . And it does not matter what century you are from.
Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.
The clock doesn?t matter in baseball.
And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition, you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable, because our reason was created by God, and whatever pleases our reason can but please divine reason, of which, for that matter, we know only what we infer from the processes of our own reason by analogy and often by negation.
Don't try to be something you're not. If you're goofy, be goofy if you're serious be serious. And no matter what, give everything you have and enjoy it while you can because it can all be taken away from you at any given moment.
Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an artist, the truth is in the details. Of course the devil's there, too-everyone says so-but maybe truth and the devil are words for the same thing. It could be you know.
If you make it a game, gamers will play it no matter what your motivation is in making it.
Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize critically-neve r to repeat claims uncritically, no matter how highly placed the sources in the bureaucracy. Don't ever forget that. You're a damn good writer, but that talent is completely worthless if you forget your job description.
Your character defects are not where you're bad, but where you're wounded. But no matter who or what causes the wound, it's yours now and you're responsible for it.
If you have hope for the future you have true riches; no matter how much you have in your account
No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.
The dream God gives you guarantees, no matter what it looks like now, when it’s all over, your dream will come to pass.
The essence of all reincarnation is to have the best lifetime now that you've ever had, no matter what's going on.
Success is more a matter of choice than of circumstance.
Decide that no matter what is happening around you, the sun will always be shining in your world.
Nothing Matters Really.
