Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.

What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?

With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge - we'll make it a thing of the past.

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

There is no justice in following unjust laws.

No, you can’t force other people to change. You can, however, change just about everything else. And usually, that’s enough.

Life is short ... so why waste it doing something dumb?

As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.

There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture.

Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.

Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says:"Leave no stone unturned.

Can I buy you an ice cream beforeI take you home? I feel like it’s the least I can do after scaring your shirt off.

How can it be that there is such a colossal gap between what we think we know about grief and mourning and what we actually find out when it comes to us?

So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.

I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work.

Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.

The big rewards come to those who travel the second, undemanded mile.

Continuity holds the best writer hostage of the worst.

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

Five years ago I figured we were at the top of our game and that was the best it was going to get, but with every album it seems to keep on building on itself.