My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

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.

There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism.

When it comes to greatness, God doesn’t choose for man.

In order to step into our Promised Land we need to cross River Jordan.

The United States government first learned of the diversion of the W-88 nuclear warhead design in late 1995.

And I sing and sing of awful things The pleasure that my sadness brings.

Are some free fonts a gift to humanity rather than a blight on typographic civilization ?

The challenge of power is how to use it and not abuse it. When you abuse it, it reverses on you and it hurts you.

No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.

On digital photography: It's fantastic, but it's not a freebie for anything. You still have to have this (he points to his eyes), and this (points to his heart), and feet.

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.