War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.

The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.

Mediocre design provably wastes the world's resources, corrupts the environment, affects international competitiveness. Design is important.

You know what I've kind of come to realize is that I'm a huge Drew Barrymore rom-com fan. There are so many of her movies that I love.

There's this resistance to actually talking to people who are smarter than you about things and I don't know why that is.

You can not live your life just based on what everyone else thinks.

Sometime during the many millions of years that have elapsed since mammalian faunas came into existence, some sort of island crossed from West Africa to South America.

I don't want to be a celebrity who's trying to like say, «look at this charity work I'm doing».

I don't want someone shoving his views down my throat, unless they're covered in a crunchy candy shell.

I kinda always wanted to be an ant.