Start locally and build. Start small and grow. Start in your house, then move to your school, your book club, your gym, your church, your temple, your city.

Everybody has to look at his or her own footprint and do the best they can. It's not about being perfect, it's about doing something. If we're looking for perfection, we'll never, ever get there.

My favorite moments are when everyone is laughing.

Everything we know and love is at risk if we continue to ignore the warnings.

A great dinner must include not only yummy food, but good conversation.

I am so grateful for after-school snack time, when I light a candle, pour some tea, slice some apples, and get to listen in on my kids' highs and lows of the day.

A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy. It's a meal where we didn't just wolf food down, rather something else happened at the table. That is the goal.

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

There is an easy way to measure our inner levels of abjectness and friendliness to ourselves: we should examine how well we response to noise.

My mom is definitely my rock.

Mozart is sweet sunshine.

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.

Digital has really achieved a certain image quality for capture. There's also the way we view and exhibit films. It really touches all aspects of cinema.

If you’re going to do anything great in life, there will be opposition, setbacks, delays and critics. When you have big dreams, you’re going to have big challenges.

As an anarchist, I cannot reconcile myself to any government.

I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.

You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it.