We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades, the nature will do it for us in the most brutal way, whether we like it or not.

Education of both men and women is a wonderful contraceptive.

We must . . . guarantee women control over their own reproductive decisions.

The destruction of our environment and resources cannot be stemmed unless the growth of the world's population is stemmed and ultimately reduced.

Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction.

The size of the tree you cut determines the weight with which you have to throw the axe.

Kara do you love Brad?'All my heart.'Then how can you let him leave next year?'I guess love isn’t enough sometimes.

Nothing, she now knew, could be defined in exclusion, and every bug, pencil, and grass blade was a dictionary in itself, requiring the definitions of all things to fulfill its own.

Poets are the sense, philosophers­­ the intelligence­­ of humanity.

A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all day and write lots of code.

Payne nailing him in the face woke him up. George brought him back his independence. But Beth handed him his crown.

I'll never be considered one of the all-time greats; maybe not even one of the all-time goods. But I'm one of the all-time survivors.

Plenty of people get excited about the universe.

I always believe you have to show the symbolism of a civilization, whether it be the cave drawings or somebody drawing in the sand in Darfur to show a massacre.

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.