Je näher die Welt zusammenrückt, desto kleiner wird die Zahl der Gewinner.

Wir leben in einer Welt, in der die Grundregel anscheinend lautet, dass wir umso weniger zum BIP beitragen, je wichtiger unsere Tätigkeit für die Gesellschaft ist.

Das Regieren nach Zahlen ist die letzte Zuflucht eines Landes, das nicht mehr weiß, was es will und keinerlei Utopie mehr hat.

Wir brauchen eine Umverteilung der Einkommen (Grundeinkommen), der Zeit (Arbeitszeitverkürzung), der Steuern (Besteuerung des Kapitals statt der Arbeit) und der Roboter.

Die reichsten 8% besitzen die Hälfte des globalen Einkommens.

Die reichsten 1% besitzen mehr als die Hälfte des gesamten Vermögens der Menschheit.

Die ärmste Milliarde hat 1% Anteil am globalen Konsum.

Der reichsten Milliarde hat 72% Anteil am globalen Konsum.

Wenn wir die Welt zu einem besseren Ort machen wollen, führt kein Weg daran vorbei, die Grenzen für die Migranten zu beseitigen.

Das Problem sind nicht die neuen Ideen. Das Problem ist, wie wir uns von den alten Ideen lösen können.

Intelligente Menschen nutzen ihren Verstand nicht, um die richtige Antwort zu finden. Sie nutzen ihn, um die Antwort zu finden, die ihnen gefällt.

Wer sich nicht an die Vergangenheit erinnern kann, ist dazu verurteilt, sie zu wiederholen.

Unser Ziel sollte nicht ein vollkommenes Utopia sein, sondern eine Welt, in der Phantasie und Hoffnung lebendig sind.

Nichts ist stärker, als eine Idee, deren Zeit gekommen ist.

I would first recommend we appoint a Police Director that commands the respect of the rank and file.

Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco by Giotto or studying how a snail climbs up a wall.

To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.

A free, analytical and questioning press must be helped survive.

I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.

I usually listen to various kind of singers. Curtis Mayfield was my favorite. James Brown, Tina Turner, queen of soul, I started to get that musical essence from that time before I even do my first song.

At key crossroads in his life, Vernon Davis has continued to make a conscious choice to grow as a person and player. His determination through adversity since his childhood days is commendable.

I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. I appreciate honesty.

I'm not a crazy germophobe; I have kids, and that ship has sailed.

'Antiques Roadshow' is my favorite show. Every Monday night I have one hour of appointment television. I get the popcorn out and tell my husband, 'Don't bother me.'

It's the advantage of the virus to spread, and you can only spread when you infect people and they infect other people without necessarily killing them. So if you had 100 percent mortality, the potential pandemic would almost self-eliminate itself.

Every single kid in my group of friends at school was from a single-parent family.

The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

The winners at the Olympics step up, bursting with pride, because everything that they have worked for and all their dedication is rewarded in a climax that I, and most golfers, will never experience.

As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.

I started out doing the acting, and there was always an interest in music, and then the music just took off.

A divine great spirit put awe words on my mind my sacred duty is the writing.

I know how to look after myself.

When Ted Williams was here, inducted into the Hall of Fame 37 years ago, he said he must have earned it, because he didn't win it because of his friendship with the writers. I guess in that way, I'm proud to be in this company that way.

I like to take risks as long as they're healthy, you know. They're good, smart risks.

I imagine 'Daily Grace' as, like, your awkward older sister who tries to give you advice.

Acquiring an aggressive, honest, and communicative agent with actual relationships in real-live New York publishing houses is, in my opinion, the single most important move that a writer who aspires to be successful can make.

I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.