Authoritarians tend to consolidate support by using fear, but more importantly by driving a wedge among the people that they want to control..

For the first time the people of Iraq are united. Today on CNN I saw a Kurd, a Shiite and a member of the Republican Guard coming together to cart of….

One cannot always bestow all manner of things upon everybody. To refuse a request for just cause is as praiseworthy as to grant a request that is wor….

We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that people engaged with - an intelligent ….

Yeah, people do need to realize that just because they've seen me perform for an hour does not mean that we are now close..

You shouldn't be worried when people call, communicate, yell, argue, or cry for you. You should be worried when everyone is silent..

Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends..

Change is like that: you are no longer where you were; you are not yet where you will get; you are nowhere exactly..

There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads..

The longer we work on the show, the more the writers just start surprising you..

The people who know God well—mystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find God—always meet a lover, not a dictator..

The talent of the people in Brazil was extraordinary. I thought all of the hair and make-up was really fantastic. The aesthetic there is really somet….

If somebody says, "Oh, we're going to improvise!," I'm like, Oh, get me out of here..

My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want..

Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you don't shout, you can't ….

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement.

I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths..

I only have control over what I do..

Merely fact-minded sciences make merely fact-minded people..

Experience by itself is not science..

People want everything quick and now. We live in the age of social media and hyper digital. Tweets are published in less than a second, Safari pages ….