I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life.

We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis.

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

The negative impact of population growth on all of our planetary ecosystems is becoming appallingly evident.

Bilderberger Meeting: The world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government.

I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S.

...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.

Sometimes one's imagination can be more beautiful than the most picturesque beach.

And this was to save rats, right? Or mice? You spent all this money to save mice the problem of developing tumors?

I genuinely like the people I meet at signings or the bits of public talking that I do.

All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.

I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.

Im plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

Let us remember: trials are an evidence of a Father's love.

You can't rely on bringing people downtown, you have to put them there.

I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witness the rapture which would excite them in the first dance of their freedom.

I don't need to be in a comfortable spot to achieve greatness. I fight for it no matter what.