Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

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.

Never stop believing that your dreams are eternal.

Knowledge does not equate to intelligence. It is the application of knowledge that separates the genius from the fool.

If you take a really good book, then the potential is for a really good film. But you've got to get it right.

No sorrow is deeper than the remembrance of happiness when in misery.

You have the quality of your work and the integrity with which you do it.

I might be the only chick in the group, but that didn't make me the damsel in distress.

This ground is surprising. It holds about 60,000 but when there are around 30,000 in, you get the feeling that it is half empty

We live in an age lit by lightnin'; after the flash, we're blind again.

...He was just scraps of words and dislocated phrases.

All too often, we do smart things only after exhausting every conceivable dumb thing we could have done.