Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don't have.

The genius inside a person wants activity. It’s connected to the stars

The first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

Northern Uganda presents a situation of extraordinary violation of the rights of children.

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

Some sad news, President Bush's lapdog passed away. Gee, I didn't even know Tony Blair was sick?

I always react to news immediately. That's my business.

They climbed the ladder of learning only to find it leaning against the wrong wall.

I feel like I owe my audience something. They feed my kids. And I really like my job, a lot.

Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.