You and I love understanding American Revolution, but let's also understand the digital revolution, because that makes us more comfortable with our technology.

Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton.

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

If you act like you can do something, then it will work.

I will make you a fisher of men

Dust off that Bible. It has the answers you are looking for, and its delights await you.

There are no female geniuses because there are no female Jack-the-Rippers.

Veep is the best and most realistic political TV show out there.

The seasons tell us, everything in organic life tells us, that there is no holding on; still, we try to do just that. Sometimes, though, we learn the kind of wisdom that celebrates the open hand.

People who have read a good deal rarely make great discoveries. I do not say this in excuse of laziness, but because invention presupposes an extensive independent contemplation of things.

Great things happen nationally when topmost leadership is goaded and supported from below.

The enemy of a tree is not only the enemy of humanity, but also the enemy of all the living beings!

There is an enormous amount to be learned about the sea; like most wildernesses, it has great potential.

Not every movie has to serve as every audience member's need for completion.