Even in the things that look most frivolous there has to be the threat of something quite painful to make the comedy work. I suppose the play of mine….

Yes, we do defend our office as we do defend our homes. This is a constitutional right everybody has, and nothing's funny about that. The only reason….

A DNA sequence for the genome of bacteriophage ΦX174 of approximately 5,375 nucleotides has been determined using the rapid and simple 'plus and minu….

The man of culture is one of the poorest mortals alive. For simple pedantry and want of good sense no man is his equal. No assumption is too unreal, ….

In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look true, and that is all. It is not made to look….

I'm a very competitive person. I always have been. And it's hard to be competitive about something as amorphous as acting. But you can be competitive….

We're living at a time when attention is the new currency We're all publishers now, and the more we publish, the more valuable connections we'll make….

You can not have significance in this life if it is all about you. You get your significance, you find your joy in life through service and sacrifice….

I think there were some programs but in those days art programs were kind of basic. You would do drawing and simple collage type work. But at home I ….

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true..

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time.

In the late 1600s the finest instruments originated from three rural families whose workshops were side by side in the Italian village of Cremona. Fi….

Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity, i….

Fearful people are more dependent, more easily manipulated and controlled, more susceptible to deceptively simple, strong, tough measures and hard-li….

I don't always prepare such rich meals. Sometimes I'll just serve a simple quiche, salad and dessert for dinner. During the week I try to eat lightly..

In this era of the global village, the tide of democracy is running. And it will not cease, not in China, not in South Africa, not in any corner of t….

When I develop my recipes I always look for ways to create what I call the Big Taste. While I enjoy eating simple grilled foods, what interests me wh….

My goal has always been to slow down as slowly as possible. It's as simple as that..

I had studied Dadaism after the Second World War. What attracted me to this movement was the style its inventors used when not engaged in Dadaistic a….

Only caring individuals can restore the places we inhabit. The 'simple act of planting a tree' not only restores the places we live, but makes us who….

To have nice interactions with people is a better than to make anyone uncomfortable, than to try to fill up some kind of lull. Like anybody else, the….