Transcendence is the only real alternative to extinction. This is serious. This may be the ultimate final exam.

In 1920 [H.G. Wells] described human history as becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

The Harvard Law of Animal Behavior holds that under controlled experimental conditions of temperature, time, lighting, feeding, and training, the organism will behave as it damn well pleases.

Today the story is no less attitude-adjusting. It is about the defining cultural, social and political issue of our age. It is about human transformation.

If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, and a sign on it saying, "End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE TO NOT TOUCH," the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.

Dwight D. Eisenhower changed America forever with the creation of the interstate highway program.

The essence of being human is being creative.

In order for the Prevail Scenario to work ... you will have to have a world in which you have both differences between people and opportunities for intense connectedness.

The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many of the same intellectual principles.

There are three levels of happiness: the pleasant life, the good life, and the meaningful life.

The next frontier is our own selves.

If you should not take your thoughts seriously, then why the thoughts of others?

Most great artists define a new and unique region of hell.

I made baseball as much fun as doing your taxes!

I do respect Putin. I respect a lot of people. But that doesn't mean I'm going get along with him.

Power always sincerely, conscientiously, de très bon foi, believes itself right. Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak.

My current motto is to go for it, whatever it is that inspires you.

Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

Christians can be positive even in a negative situation because we know God has a purpose for allowing that problem.

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.

To fix your attention on the best is to surround yourself with the best, and to become the best.