Random violence is incredibly infectious

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

And then there is the most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.

I loved medieval architecture when I was very small I don't know why.

The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.

A silent figure is the dancer, true but still, words become dance, and all things there express'd.

Always trust your gut and your intuition will steer you right, every time.

The quickest way to destroy ocean science is to take human explorers out of the water

There are no wrong decisions ― only different ones.

Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.

Most movies are not very good. Most people know it and like to see them anyway.

Statistics are just people with the tears wiped off.