I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic, but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you're going to be is sloppy or dead.

Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.

Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

There were so many great music and political scenes going on in the late '60s in Cambridge. The ratio of guys to girls at Harvard was four to one, so all of those things were playing in my mind.

Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste.

Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.

It's incredible to see labor unions and environmentalists getting together to stop the corporate mentality that destroys both jobs and the environment.

We can live in fear or act out of hope.

It's always enjoyable to listen to a friend's work, but if it doesn't resonate with you, then you can just appreciate it and it inspires you in its own way.

Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful.Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.

We are troubled by having two selves, the inner and the outer. The outer one is rather dull and lets great things go by.

Yes, burn your bridges.

If we can move together as a species, I think that there is a possibility that we can make the world a better place.

There are only two kinds of class: First class and no class.

Yeah well I think her relationships with people become really clear, and I think they all make tons of sense in line with Ultron as well.

...if you dance with dragons, you must expect to burn.

There are some dogs that are gigantic that look like they shouldn't be in existence.

Transforming education is not easy but the price of failure is more than we can afford, while the benefits of success are more than we can imagine.

The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.