Many of us, restless and unfulfilled, see no supreme worth in our lives. We want more out of life. And war, at least, gives a sense that we can rise above our smallness and divisiveness.

One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible.

Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species.

The press, or at least most of it, has lost the passion, the outrage, and the sense of mission that once drove reporters to defy authority and tell the truth.

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers.

A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.

Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself.

I don't fight fascists because I'll win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.

We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception.

War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The more an artist works the more there is to do.

You know in that moment of Disney when Ariel gets legs for the first time? I felt like that. I was like, 'I've got legs.'

Don't start by talking about your products and services instead think about the people you are trying to reach

When I look at my kids, and the ease with which they pick up music, I wish I had that.

I love animals. I couldn't eat a whole one but I'll split one with you if you want.

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.

Sometimes when there is action, we just tend to avoid those moments with music, and have music in a separate part that allows you to dream and to make your mind up on where you're at in the story.

Cuchulain stirred, Stared on the horses of the sea, and heard The cars of battle and his own name cried; And fought with the invulnerable tide.