The belief in their actions can mend constellations. The ambition in their thirst for knowledge can both create and destroy.

You’re either the one that creates the automation or you’re getting automated.

Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.

I was actually lost in Beirut on the way home.

He must not laugh at his own wheeze: a snuff box has no right to sneeze.

That's one of the tragedies of this life - that the men who are most in need of a beating up are always enormous.

When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'

The Beatles did treat me as a member of the group. And that was a great honor, you know?

I did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started.

If equations are trains threading the landscape of numbers, then no train stops at pi.

I think by being happy it actually affects the way that you look too.

Your calling and destiny is where your pain and joy meet

I write for pages, get lost in the mezzaninehidden from stages.

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

The cross is almost a distraction and false advertisement for God.

I understand that absinthe makes the tart grow fonder.

Marriage is a language of love, equality, and inclusion.

It's really interesting, for an actor, that you can continue to do season after season and not play the same role.

The greatness of nations is shown by their strict regard for human rights, rigid enforcement of the law without bias, and just administration of the affairs of life.

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description.

Conversation creates a new kind of network within organizations. Current networks are used for competitive advantage, but conversation is focused on encouraging people to realize their potential.