During the 1960s, we used twice as much oil as during the 1950s. And in each of those decades, more oil was consumed than in all of mankind's previous history.

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens.

What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.

America has no functioning democracy at this moment.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

I swear the earth shall surely be complete to him or her who shall be complete, The earth remains jagged and broken only to him or her who remains jagged and broken.

This movie [Moana] has a very small cast, and this was the role [Heihei] that they offered me. I loved voicing him.

People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie--or even what you say, right? They care about what you build.

God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.

And that just shows you how important the car is in Formula One Racing.

Your true nature is purity, peace and joy.

It is one of the worse things you can say about somebody, they are racist.

The secret of political bargaining is to look more strong than what you really are.

An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.