In the short term, some deadly virus might be more important, but in the long run there is hardly anything more important than asteroids.

You almost wish you could turn off the COMM and just appreciate the deafening quiet.

So I just let go with one hand, and just sort of swung around, looked at the Earth below and the black space above and the sun over my shoulder. And, I mean, it was this incredible, spectacular view.

We are now able to very slightly and subtly reshape the solar system in order to enhance human survival.

We not only need to train people, we also need to develop deflection technologies.

It would take an extremely large spacecraft to deflect a large asteroid that would be headed directly for the Earth.

We can both prevent asteroid impacts and address climate change. It's not either-or.

Anytime we can save lives or prevent the destruction of property, we should do it.

While we didn't know the dinosaurs personally, we do know that they were wiped out by an asteroid impact.

Journalists often put things into either-or scenarios.

It is not enough to do a desktop exercise of a Beethoven symphony. You need to practice with an orchestra. The musicians need to read the notes. Otherwise it will be a disaster.

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity ... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab your fate by the shoulders and shake it.

Courage is not always about action. It takes courage to do nothing rather than do something that you do not believe in or understand.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

As an actor, demonstrating your feelings in front of people is not what you're supposed to be doing. You're supposed to hold your emotions and control them, and not show them all over the place.

Pain pays no attention to moans or excuses.

The world is still in deleveraging.

Whena scandalousstory isbelieved againstone, thereis certainly no comfort like the conscience of having deserved it.

As an actor, anything that you have to help get you into character is helpful.

She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.