It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.

My prerogative right now is to just chill and let all the other overexposed blondes on the cover of Us Weekly (magazine) be your entertainment.

We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term -- meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching -- there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.

Reputations are created every day and every minute.

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Great necessities call out great virtues.