One of the biggest lies in capitalism is that companies like competition. They don't. Nobody likes competition.

Never write when you can talk. Never talk when you can nod. And never put anything in an e-mail.

I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.

Global warming threatens our health, our economy, our natural resources, and our children's future. It is clear we must act.

Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror.

Delay is the enemy of progress.

Shareholders have the right and obligation to set the parameters of corporate behavior within which management pursues profit.

I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be.

Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong.

President Obama is doing the right thing by offering young immigrants, most often in this country through no action of their own, a chance to live and work openly, free from the fear of deportation.

Those who are critical of Alliance are the same people who have done nothing for 30 years.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

There are times when the world is rearranging itself that the right person can change the world.

I know that when things are at their worst, something better is just around the corner if we just put one foot in front of the other and keep moving forward.

A seed rises from dirt to prove to the world that its greatness lies not on what the world thinks of it, but from within.

We are all a little broken, looking for something whole to hang on to. But sometimes, what seems whole is even more broken than we are.

If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them.

The best thing about wearing black is that you can hide pretty easily, unless you're in like Hawaii, then you can't hide.

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death.