I feel totally responsible for what I see. I feel totally responsible for what I photograph.

The pictures do not ask you to help these people, but something much more difficult; to be briefly, intensely aware of their existence, an existence as real and significant as your own.

The use of the camera has always been for me a tool of investigation, a reason to travel, to not mind my own business, and often to get into trouble.

I wanted to change history and preserve humanity. But in the process I changed myself and preserved my own.

It’s a very weird thing being a photographer.

As a child I had been so afraid of so many things, but as soon as I held a camera in my hand, I began to expose myself to the very things that were foreign to me and that I had always feared.

I was a bike rider, a photographer and a history student, probably in that order. (On his early years)

So I fight for a Father who I never loved, against a brother that I did. I defend an empire that never wanted me against an army that would have taken me in a heartbeat.

Feminists who accept the claim made in The Book of Genesis, and, that God is a he, need to make their minds up.

The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one knows what one doesn't have to know.

When you're having trouble and topping the ball, it means the ground is moving on you.

People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet!

When I became secretary of state, we had 200,000 troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. And I'm very grateful that we have brought home the vast majority of those.

I don't get tired of playing "Margaritaville". It's paid my bills for years.

Baby-carrying means your hearts are close together. It's a very intense and beautiful way to bond with your baby, very intimate. It's also easier than a stroller.

Anything is possible in this world. I really believe that.

This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.