...it is business that can exercise the fastest degree of change by seeing the opportunity rather than the threat

Denmark and the UK are in agreement that our future prosperity depends on stimulating green growth, and getting off the oil hook.

Giving in to the forces of low ambition would be an act of climate appeasement. This is our Munich moment.

Oh no, " I said, because if our life is just one endless song about hope and regret, then "oh no" is apparently that song's chorus, the words we always return to.

Blessed are souls with thankful heart.

The Egyptian military plays positive and negative roles in Egypt, but the most significant single thing it did under Mubarak was to guarantee an Islamist victory once he left the scene.

I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.

Diplomacy is unfashionable in the world of knee-jerk reaction and the dogmatic sound bite on television.

Take shots at em, I guess you could call it a parody. But compared to D, they one-fourth from watermelon to a quarter felon, dude you a pear to me.

I've never played a character that is just beautiful, but sometimes you can read scripts that sound so shallow, like women are objects. I've never done something like that, though.

What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg.

I don't know about that. I'm not a very analytical person. I have various impulses. I've often quoted Walt Whitman's phrase "I contain multitudes." I understand that.

Travelers, it is late. Life's sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of your wings