Between the late 1950s and the late 1980s, more than 750 million tons of chemical wastes were discarded.

From the right to know and the duty to inquire flows the obligation to act.

I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.

I have come to believe that extracting natural gas from shale using the newish technique called hydrofracking is the environmental issue of our time. And I think you should, too.

Life is a battle of wits between you and the circumstances. Make them, don't let them make you.

I used to work at the unemployment office. I hated it, because when they fired me, I had to show up to work anyway.

The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel to the song in some way.

I like kids but I also like the option to close the door. Becoming a parent is a whole other life, and it doesn't stop.

I never think of playing for South Africa. It's the furthest thing from my mind.

This is God's way, the way of humility. It is the way of Jesus; there is no other. And there can be no humility without humiliation.

Truth is not found by knowledge, it is found by silence. And knowledge is noisy.

Part of my success is because I'm very old-fashioned.

Scientology is probably one of the most misunderstood things, and it's sad that it's so misunderstood.