The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.

I became a villain for doing the right thing.

What the hell did we do to deserve this?

I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest.

I'd like my life back.

I don't feel my job is on the line, but of course that might change.

We need the world to put a price on carbon.

Satisfying ever-growing energy demand in a sustainable way has become the world's biggest challenge.

We are a society of notoriously unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive, dependent — people who are glad when we have killed the time we are trying so hard to save.

And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair, With gold in her garment glittering, And she combs her golden hair.

At an age when most children love to play with toys, he played with weapons.

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

Presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are usually judged harshly for it.

By the summer of 2012, the majority of the televisions you see in stores will have Google TV embedded.

Birds do not sing in caves, nor do doves cherish their innocence in dovecots.

George, if you had to do it all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?

Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.

It's what you do that counts and not what you say; therefore I fired my press agent.