“There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces...”

“The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.”

“Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.”

“Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel for it does not easily deface their own character nor render their purposes indistinct.”

“Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.”

“If you would understand your own age read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.”

“Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, the incentives of the individuals are arrayed against that outcome.”

“Information sharing produces shared awareness among the participants, and collaborative production relies on shared creation, but collective action creates shared responsibility, by tying the user'...”

“Organization takes the fun out of everything.”

“There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.”

“My dad could be beyond brilliant but totally introverted. If we're talking about computers, he's on. Otherwise, he's a total recluse - he stays in the house and won't leave, and I'm like that. If I...”

“Besides the two Christmas things, we've got a about a dozen new tracks we're working on.”