First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.

Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems.

The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized.

My personal philosophy of life is one of ethics

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.

There is a cultural factor promoting violence which nowadays undoubtedly is highly effective is the mass media. And particularly everything that enters our minds through pictorial media.

It's not worthy o human beings to give up.

The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.

War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.

There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.

We grew out of the superhero comics, but we still liked comics, so we started putting our own experiences in the stories we were doing for our own amusement.

In trying times, I like to remember that you have to keep walking because you can't see what is around the corner.

[The writers of the holy books] did not even know the earth revolves around the sun. Why are we listening?

My first guitar, a Fender Jazz Master, I traded it in for a Les Paul Deluxe.

New media are new archetypes, at first disguised as degradations of older media.

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

One day I get to that spot where I've discovered the secret to the maze, and then I've got free running the rest of the way. It's a great feeling.