That Bears quarterback is no good. He's washed up. He's 30.

That Bears quarterback is no good. He's washed up. He's 30.

I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

At 57, to have a No. 1 album, I wasn't expecting it.

I used to listen to a lot of music in my studio - all the time. But as far as the music that interplays with my work, what I've done and still do is keep a lyric book and song title. The material typically comes from Eartha Kitt, Betty Davis, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston.

Most of the people in the world are poor, so if we knew the economics of being poor, we would know much of the economics that really matters. Most of the world's poor people earn their living from agriculture, so if we knew the economics of agriculture, we would know much of the economics of being poor.

The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

People like to make fun of the fans who camp out but people have renaissance fairs; people do Civil War re-enactments; people do what they like. I'm tired of hearing people rage on the fans. If you don't like 'Twilight,' don't buy a ticket.

I don’t count my sit-ups; I only start counting when it starts hurting because they’re the only ones that count.

It's great when you see things on a massive scale and you see these huge sets, but it's not the be-all and end-all - it can be about characters as well.

China is an area where we need to be present. Lots of companies want to supply their products to China.

To each his own. You like what you like. If you want someone who's big-boned and you like that, ain't nothing wrong with having a little extra meat on there. If you like them thin-boned, then that's okay, too.

The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.

To them, the real United States is just flyover country.

Reading is a joy for my kids and to swing in a hammock on a lazy summer day reading a good book just goes with summer.

They say military have the so-called 'secret intelligence' - this amount of intelligence must be very secret, since I've never seen any intelligent military person, nor I have seen any sense in the bloody stupid wars.

It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.

Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.

Every day, three times per second, we produce the equivalent of the amount of data that the Library of Congress has in its entire print collection, right? But most of it is like cat videos on YouTube or 13-year-olds exchanging text messages about the next Twilight movie.

I'm a huge gamer. I'm very excited, and the idea of the Rift was as a headset that was designed around the specific uses of VR gaming. But I'm excited about a lot of stuff that's outside of it, because I was a VR enthusiast. I want VR to be the thing that we all live in, that we all use for everything, not just games.

In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.

I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.

If someone has caused you pain in the past you have full permission to keep them out of your future.

Only those who are built up can build others up, amen?