If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness
If we're going to get this country out of its current energy situation, we can't just conserve our way out. We can't just drill our way out. We can't bomb our way out. We're going to do it the old-fashioned, American way. We're going to invent our way out, working together.
Reality isn't a particularly good guide to human happiness.
We're not laughing at you - we're laughing near you
Can art change the world? Maybe. . . we should change the question: Can art change people's lives?
A country like America has twice as much food on its shop shelves and in its restaurants than is actually required to feed the American people.
Oregon is an inspiration. Whether you come to it, or are born to it, you become entranced by our state's beauty, the opportunity she affords, and the independent spirit of her citizens.
It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me. . . that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.
The Centers for Disease Control says that men's violence against women is at epidemic proportions.
The only way I can distinguish proper from improper fractions is by their actions
Inspiration needs disease, injury, madness.
From 1965 to 1973, more munitions fell on Cambodia than on all of World War II Japan, including the two nuclear bombs of August 1945.
It is necessary to be humble in order to learn.
The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
When I was CEO, and I'd listen to music, a lot of people listen to music and you get inspiration from it. And a lot of things in hip hop are very instructive for being in business. Particularly, hip hop is a lot about business, and so it was very useful for me in any job.
You can't make a recipe for something as complicated as surgery. Instead, you can make a recipe for how to have a team that's prepared for the unexpected.
Go pump some neurons. Expand your craniums
What can the redwoods tell us about ourselves? Well, I think they can tell us something about human time. The flickering, transitory quality of human time and the brevity of human life - the necessity to love.
Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.
I think Radiohead and Outkast are the two modern popular groups who you can actually say that about. We take inspiration from everywhere.