The future of our country is not found in our boardrooms, but in our classrooms.

Dedicated researchers seek better treatments and cures for diabetes, kidney disease, Alzheimer's and every form of cancer. But these scientists face an array of disincentives. We can do better.

My experience indicates that most people who've accumulated a great deal of wealth haven't had that as their goal at all. Wealth is only a by-product, not the original motivation.

The past is always triple-A. We can all remember what the past was. But if we try to make the future triple-A, we have no future. The future is always single-B.

In financing growing companies, we always looked for human value that didn't appear on the balance sheet.

I decided to shift my energy and concentration into changing my lifestyle and diet and taking charge of my own illness.

The rest of the world is growing so quickly, they'll be looking for anything to buy.

For those of us who have lost loved ones in their prime - as I did when my father and other relatives succumbed - even one of those years would have been a precious gift.

So many of my family and friends had lost their battles against cancer. What could I do that my relatives and friends had not? What could I do that would be different?

Our lives are spent sailing in the mist, hoping for a burst of sunlight that can make sense of who we are.

Time is priceless gift.

With While You Were Sleeping, it was so much fun and such a Cinderella story, that I didn't want to do another romantic comedy. I wanted to do the opposite.

After filming, I cant wait to shake off all that 50s primness. Ill go out to a gig and dance ridiculously. I love to lose myself in music. Just letting go - its dead important.

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.

The common man is the sovereign consumer whose buying or abstention from buying ultimately determines what should be produced and in what quantity and quality.

All I'm saying is that you should show some respect for what other people see with their eyes and feel with their fingers, even though it be the exact opposite.

My dad always told me: 'Stop and look back and appreciate what you've done; stop and smell the flowers.'

I wanted to meet other artists. I suppose I simply felt that I was taking pot shots at clay pipes. Pop! Down goes Gertrude, down goes Jean Cocteau, down goes André Gide.

You cannot cross the narrow bridge of art carrying all its tools in your hands. Some you must leave behind.