When did Noah build the boat? - Before the rain.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

Encouraging words are life-giving fountain.

War remains the decisive human failure.

Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

The whole idea is to get an edge. Sometimes it takes just a little extra something to get that edge, but you have to have it.

Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.

The average ordinary citizen can do a lot of different things when it comes to the climate crisis.

If I told you God was black, what would you think of that?

The world does not need another credit card.