We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

I am very excited to be supporting one of the world's most visionary efforts to seek basic answers to some of the fundamental question about our universe and what other civilisations may exist elsewhere.

What should exist? To me, that's the most exciting question imaginable. What do we need that we don't have? How can we realize our potential?

The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.

We've had some tough times, but we've hung in there.

When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help.

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival, and to apply it to people's lives in a meaningful way.

As a species, we've always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers.

I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.

I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done something worthwhile.

I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.

If you think about making a difference in the community, my family has always had a strong interest in the arts. I'm always interested in finding ways to innovate... It's a blend; it's not a point focus.

In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?

In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point.

In the first eight or so years at Microsoft, we were always chained to our terminals, and after I got sick the first time, I decided that I was going to be more adventurous and explore more of the world.

Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

That would be such a life-changing thing, for us all to know that there are other beings out there who we could potentially communicate with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago.

Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That's how I got my first taste of football - when I went with my father to Husky Stadium.

While I sign off on trades or free agents, I've rarely overruled my basketball people's decisions. But I'm not shy about steering the discussion or pushing deeper if something doesn't make sense to me.

With documentary-film projects, you hope you highlight an area of concern people haven't thought about before. A lot of times, I'm asking myself - 'This seems to be a significant problem. What can be done that hasn't been done?'

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high.

'Dilwale' has increased my audience reach; I have gained in every way possible.

I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.

I was doing some YouTube covers, and I had a decently popular blog on Tumblr.

It is the experiences, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found. God it's great to be alive!

I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active in my congressional district. They all do important work that makes a tangible difference to the quality of life in our community.

I decided that the only way there would be a future was to start to cut back.

I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.

I have an intense obsession with making films. I not only love to make films, I perhaps need to make films.

Thieves must sit in prison.

I don't want to be oh-so-brag-about-it, but 'The Rain' is hot.

What we need is much more flexibility for the labour markets.

I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.

You're beautiful, like a May fly.

Do what makes you feel good. Remind yourself of what you're good at and make sure you do that.

I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that.

The road to success runs uphill.

There is always something funny going on between scenes with Adam Sandler. He's always cracking jokes and yelling at people for no reason. It's pretty funny. He'll joke around during scenes, too. When he guest-starred on 'Jessie,' there was nothing in the script that he said first take.

I've never formally trained in acting, so I'm very instinctual and visceral with decisions.

I am generally a very happy and easygoing person. I also believe it's always better to meet people with a smile rather than looking cold, especially when you first meet. It changes everything.

Cherish all your happy moments they make a fine cushion for old age.

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

We don't do laundry because that requires a lot of water, and water's at a premium up here. Plus, it'd be pretty complicated, I think, to make a space washer, although I guess you could do it. So we generally throw our clothes out. I think I've been wearing this pair of pants for about two months.

Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.