I'm no mathematician, so I'm stuck with the graphic representations.

Like all tools, modern technology has produced some wonderful moments in music and also some horrors.

I'm no mathematician, so I'm stuck with the graphic representations.

Always think that in any area of the arts, you get maybe ten percent of people who are creative, original... and the rest are generally following on, copying.

Generally, I've got to say that all sounds, musics, noises since conception are bound to have influenced me.

Of course, there are many, many musicians whose music gives me pleasure, but until I make contact with them, musically or personally, I never assume that anything wonderful will happen.

The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.

Indeed, I am sometimes inclined to doubt whether some men consider youth as rational and intelligent beings, with minds capable of expansion, and talents formed for usefulness.

Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers.

There's no racism with the Internet.

Lily's really together - she's a sharp kid and one of the smartest human beings I have ever met. Whatever she is doing, if she needs any advice, I'm there for her. Kids are going to make their own decisions, but I guess that the only thing you can do as a parent is to offer support. And I do.

You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption.

One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

It's how tenacious you are that will determine your success.

There's a lot of American kids think their food comes from the grocery store and the concept of seasonality has no meaning to them whatsoever.

Everybody has their opinion on what's 'real,' and what's they choose to listen to and their personal preference. Whether they're 2 years old or 200 years old. And people can listen to whatever they want.

A thing is lovable according as it is good. But God is infinite good. Therefore He is infinitely lovable.

You must prune dead or dying wood.

I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to be physicians. I think we've made it very, very difficult for them to perform their job. I think that's a shame.

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.

My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.

I know I could make a difference by supporting the right causes.

Sometimes I think your face and your bearing and your energy have so much more to do with the jobs you get than the actual work and the time and the effort that you put in, or the talent even.

What we have noticed at YouTube is that many users who have uploaded infringing content are unaware that it's illegal to do so.

My natural color is dark blond, but right now I like being a brunette. I did a movie last summer and they dyed my hair platinum - I hated it.

Life is what you make of it. Don't make excuses, make it happen.

It's time to stop the raid on the Social Security trust fund and start allowing Americans to invest their Social Security taxes in personal savings accounts.