I never really participated in specific sports or anything, but once I hit 40, I started to get a little bit more active and began swimming more.

I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.

So you know cats are interesting. They are kind of like girls. If they come and talk to you it's great. But if you try to talk to them it doesn't always go so well.

To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it.

Video games are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll.

A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.

The obvious objective of video games is to entertain people by surprising them with new experiences.

Players are artists who create their own reality within the game.

A great idea solves multiple problems at the same time.

A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.

It isn't about games, for me, personally, and it never really was. It was about creating something - anything - far bigger than yourself.

Cruelty is the opposite of love, and its traumatic effect, far from being reduced, is actually reinforced if it is presented as a sign of love.

You don’t need armor if your skin is thick.You don’t need a sword if your mind is sharp.You don’t need a shield if your heart is strong.You don’t need a fortress is your soul is secure.

Miracle centered gospel has reduced Christian significance and essence.

Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire specific habits of order, discipline, and work.

The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard

There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from speaking out to defend a controversial opinion.

The Israelis want security. The Arabs want dignity. And they consider the demands of each other as incompatible.

There was one issue on which there seemed to be almost unanimity: the Internet should not be managed by any government, national or multinational.

I love the idea of the vignette, which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus easily maligned. I mean, Emily Dickinson wrote vignettes, right?

I worry a little bit about - quote - "regime change." We haven't had a great deal of success with that in years. That's just really difficult.