The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.

The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain.

But in action, one defies one's character.

I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.

Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.

When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.

The impulse of the journalist is to be novel, yet to relate his curiosities to the urgencies of the moment; the philosopher seeks what he conceives to be true, regardless of the moment.

Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.

Art is the aesthetic ordering of experience to express meanings in symbolic terms.

I am too weary to listen too angry to hear.

I don't write plays for them to be turned into movies.

If you see the picture when things get exciting, he chews faster. When he really gets shocked, everything stops, including the chewing. So I worked it in for me.

I loved my soap days. I really loved them. A Martinez and Marcy Walker taught me how to act, basically. All those people pulled together and helped get me started. Like, showed me how to hit my mark, made me do this, made me do that. That was my first long-running professional gig. And it was like, they were just - great, great with me.

It is always a great honor to be the driver of your own car to be the boss of your own fate

Don't ever be afraid to ask any question.

God's supreme word to us is life; our highest worship of Him is love for the living.

My mother would take me to Tirumala right from when I was 7 years old. I used to go along with her every time.

I used to have terrible acne on my face: red, splotchy discoloration. And mucus - I was constantly blowing my nose. Then one day, this woman sits down next to me on a bus, and says, 'You're lactose-intolerant.' It all cleared up in three days. That changed my life. Doctors couldn't figure it out.

Who owns the assets of our Nation? Increasingly, foreign interests own our assets, and we owe them money. No wonder people think our country is headed in the wrong direction. It is.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.

The beauty that surrounds me is absolutely breathtaking, it's the faces of my children.

Embrace your fire - even in hard times. A down economy can actually be a great time to start a business.

The real Paul Hollywood is shy.

There are no shortcuts to victory. We must commit ourselves to the slow, painstaking work of foreign policy day by day and year by year.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

A morning walk sets us out on the right foot for the day.

I'm finding that success is way more time-consuming than failure ever was.

Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.

Happiness is a simple everyday miracle, like water, and we are not aware of it.

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

As you get older, you either become proactive about staying in shape and taking care of yourself, or, you know, time has its effect on you.