Biomimicry is basically taking a design challenge and then finding an ecosystem that's already solved that challenge, and literally trying to emulate what you learn.

Biomimicry is … the conscious emulation of life’s genius.

The more our world functions like the natural world, the more likely we are to endure on this home that is ours, but not ours alone.

For businesses, biomimicry is about bringing a new discipline - biology - to the design table. It's not to write an environmental impact statement, as most biologists in business do right now.

The answers to our questions are everywhere; we just need to change the lens with which we see the world.

Everyone is trying to jump on the biomimic bandwagon. But a cork floor is not biomimicry. Neither is using bacteria to clean water.

Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple uses.

What if, every time I started to invent something, I asked, 'How would nature solve this?'

Life creates conditions conducive to life.

When the forest and the city are functionally indistinguishable, then we know we have reached sustainability.

The answers to how to live sustainably on our planet are all around us.

It was one thing to be fooled, and another thing to be taken for a fool all the time.

God is never far from His people, even when they are far from Him.

It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.

I've lived a slower and less expensive life going off the grid, and I'm happier because of it.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

The anger of a meek man is like fire struck out of steel, hard to be got out, and when it is, soon gone.

I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. And I really make it work. I get up 6.30 every day.

Some folks think I painted Lincoln from life, but I haven't been around that long. Not quite.

The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.

I will always be there in the wings saying, 'You need to be good to people. You need to take your work seriously. You need to have integrity. You need to work with what you've got.