My father's plan was, we were going to grow up and travel the world.

I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther.

Young people have, truly, the potential to change the world. Not when they get older - today.

I believe that the only true agents of change on a large scale, in this country or anywhere, are young people.

I've seen a lot of doom and gloom and depressing things, and it's [the] youth that give me hope.

One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world.

I travel all over the country speaking to young people, and I am always amazed at how engaged in environmental conservation they are.

Fossil fuels and mining is a short-term gambit. If we develop those resources at the expense of the environmental gold mine that is the Great Barrier Reef, we will all lose in the long run.

The Spirit calls, I must go fulfill the mission.

You desire me. I can scent it on the wind.” He drew in a breath and licked his lips. “I have been waiting for your courage to bring you to me, but I have grown tired of our little game.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.

If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God; and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection.

There were a lot of great things you could go and hear for very little money at the time [ '80s]. Mike Stern is still playing at the 55 Bar on Mondays or Wednesdays.

The whole thing about rock music, pop music, is it's really for kids.

I tell people to start implementing when they are pretty sure there aren't more important stories out there. An iteration's worth of data is worth months of speculation.

Do not consider yourself deprived because your dreams were not fulfilled; the truly deprived have never dreamed.

I see so much more than I used to see. The effect has been to depress and sadden and hurt me terribly.