Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.

We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.

I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.

You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.

When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.

I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

My wife and I just prefer Seattle. It's a beautiful city. Great setting. You open your front door in the morning and the air smells like pine and the sea, as opposed to bus exhaust.

People who believe they are acting with the mandate of God, who see others who don't share their beliefs as inferior in the eyes of God, make dangerous leaders. Just ask Osama Bin Laden.

Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.

Confidence, like art, never comes from having all answers.It comes from being open to all questions.

I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent.

We got the hot fudge on the bottom.... that allows you to control the fudge distribution while you're eating your ice cream.

Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding.

I don't really work out. I eat a lot of sweets. I have chocolate all over my house.

When you're a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you're a short star everybody else walks in a ditch.

New York has always been going to hell but somehow it never gets there.

All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others.

The Gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.