The father of every good work is discontent and its mother is diligence.

The father of every good work is discontent, and its mother is diligence.

I feel as though the world is a friendly boy walking along in the sun.

You never know whose life you could change from a single act of kindness. There are so many broken people in this world that would truly appreciate your act of selflessness.

90/93-year-old Jacob wonders as he gazes at his aged reflection, 'When did I stop being me?

Bankruptcy is about financial death and financial rebirth. Bankruptcy is the great American story rewritten. We're a nation of debtors.

Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.

My great concern for you in life is not that you will fail, but that you will succeed in doing the wrong things.

I’d rather see the United States as a beacon of Good Work and Good Citizenship, rather than as #1 on some international educational measurement.

Aristocracy is a relative thing. And there are plenty of out-of-the-way places where the son of an upholsterer is the arbiter of fashion and reigns over a court like any young Prince of Wales.

I don’t want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies, and I don’t want to be the one not to know when to leave the party.

The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.