If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.

I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

There are two ways to look at most problems... 'Oh Crap!' or, 'Good Information!,' and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.

I don't like celebrity programmes - but I do like programmes about how ideas are formed and evolve.

True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.

Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

We don't act the same in every situation. Things bleed into all kinds of other things, from behavior to identity.

That's really been my passion: to communicate to a broad audience why the technology matters for you.

I do a lot of stuff. I mean, you know, charity work.