Action isn’t just the effect of motivation

It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.

You have a responsibility to act for others when you're the only person in a position to do so. It's how you handle it that separates the great from the mediocre.

Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.

Whether science-and indeed civilization in general-can long survive depends upon psychology, that is to say, it depends upon what human beings desire.

There are no extraordinary people only ordinary people who do extraordinary things with what they've been given

I would hate the thought of dying full stop; Ive got to be honest with you.

If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve.

Solitude is an essential element for the spiritual health of a child. If we only stimulate our children - keep them busy with endless stories with no space to be alone - that's not good.

There isn’t going to be a ‘next lover,’” Grant said automatically, outraged by the idea. “I’m the only man she’s going to have.

I have little tolerance for incompetence, sloppy thinking, and laziness.