I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up

How can you claim to have a passionate interest in something, and then make no effort to properly understand it?

Just because you can't read doesn't make you dumb. It just means you haven't learned yet.

If you want to improve performance and productivity, set a vision that inspires and delights.

People ask me what I am politically and I've previously offered this equation: I became a conservative by being around liberals. And I became a libertarian after being around conservatives.

I've decided I don't like books that end with 'The End'. The fact that there are no more pages, suggests to me that the book has ended.

My point is that Satan uses our keenest appetites to tempt us.

We would not be enjoying those cellphones and those tablets at the price where they are had it not been for globalization, both in terms of trade and in terms of constant technological innovation.

If you don't like bacteria, you're on the wrong planet.

Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be.

The most terrible of all things is terror.