The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.

Stem cell research can revolutionize medicine, more than anything since antibiotics.

We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.

I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.

I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better.

You cannot be against embryonic stem cell research and be intellectually and therefore morally consistent, if you're not also against in vitro fertilization.

When you hear somebody justifying a war by citing the Almighty, I get a little worried, frankly.

I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

My wife and I just prefer Seattle. It's a beautiful city. Great setting. You open your front door in the morning and the air smells like pine and the sea, as opposed to bus exhaust.

People who believe they are acting with the mandate of God, who see others who don't share their beliefs as inferior in the eyes of God, make dangerous leaders. Just ask Osama Bin Laden.

Stars don't beg the sky to shine.

The only way to train for a startup is by starting.

For us, whether the market is skewed from a bubble perspective or not really is mitigated by staying focused on what we do best.

If the loss of your fortune gains Christ for you, it will be a beautiful loss.

Before, baseball was something to do to get ready for the hockey season. Now, people look to play baseball, period. It's something you stick with.

Why is it that the uneducated minds always criticize the brilliant minds?

My world, my world... How can such a good little girl like you destroy all of my beautiful wickedness. - Wicket Witch of the North

The difference between the truth and a lie is that both of them can hurt, but only one will take the time to heal you afterward.

Any wrong decision you have ever made will become unimportant when your attention has shifted from it to a creative reason for living right here and now.

A fitting external security environment could also play an important role in promoting social consensus and institutionalization towards democratization.