When I am in pain, I must know that beauty always has been and always will be. This is as close to eternity as I need to be.

Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"

This is what I call participation in the world of ideas. That is what art-making is.

Slavery is a memory of something we cannot remember, and yet we cannot forget.

We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens.

Christians and Muslims can still get along. On issues such as global warming and helping the poor.

I try to help people realize their dreams by using magic to tell stories that educate, move, and inspire.

The Supreme Court must serve as an independent check on abuses by the executive branch and the protector of our liberties, not a cheerleader for an imperial presidency.

Our offensive philosophy is to simply find a way to get the ball into the hands of our team's best player.

I could have melted ice, my smile was so bright.

Sometimes, when you're acting, you are so in the moment that you don't even remember what just happened.

You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.

Karl Marx, a visionary, figured out that you can control a slave much better by convincing him he is an employee.

Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now.