Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.
We must have Sunni-Arabs involved in this coalition [against ISIS]. We must commit leadership, strength, support and resolve.
The highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.
When you don't respond to bad behavior, you get more of it.
When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.
My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.
Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike her, I have actually accomplished something. Mrs. Clinton, flying is an activity not an accomplishment.
I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels; hard to say why. If something looks good, I take a picture or try to shoot it.
I found great value in teaching students from the outset of their studies how to draw very realistically. Otherwise, you're starting deep into the alphabet instead of having started at the start. If you discard essential things like drawing, design, color and so on at the beginning, then you're just sort of floating out in space, without any basis to work from.
I have always loved Ed Norton and Ryan Gosling. Also Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett.
One of the most dangerous and best-kept secrets of the medical profession is the epidemic of anesthesiologists who are addicted to their own drugs.