What is ... important is that we - number one: Learn to live with each other. Number two: try to bring out the best in each other.

If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.

[Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.

It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.

I see the triumph of good over evil as a manifestation of the error-correcting process of evolution.

The most important question we must ask ourselves is, 'Are we being good ancestors?'

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

What was I before the war? It’s hard to remember that far back. But I think maybe I was human.

Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.

By being friends with all, we are not alone.

If I hold her hand she says, ‘Don’t touch!’ If I hold her foot she says ‘Don’t touch!’ But when I hold her waist-beads she pretends not to know.

For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.

Concentration camps were entirely a matter for the police and had nothing to do with the administration.

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

I love having Phil [Robertson] in the kitchen! Not only is he a great cook, but it means less work for me!

The European economy is collapsing! The trans-Atlantic region is a disaster area in terms of economy.

Music education is very important. I think that for me growing up, I was disciplined very hard at home.