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I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.

I always tell people that, just to be a bad jazz musician, you have to be better than most musicians. The worst jazz musicians are normally better than most musicians, because you have to know so much.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.

Every religion, ideology and creed has its shadow, and no matter which creed you follow you should acknowledge your shadow and avoid the naïve reassurance that ‘it cannot happen to us’. Secular science has at least one big advantage over most traditional religions, namely that it is not terrified of its shadow, and it is in principle willing to admit its mistakes and blind spots. If you believe in an absolute truth revealed by a transcendent power, you cannot allow yourself to admit any error – for that would nullify your whole story. But if you believe in a quest for truth by fallible humans, admitting blunders is an inherent part of the game.

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the chance to glimpse things never seen before, the shrewdest maneuver for discovering how the world works.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Kekasih, pernah adalah kata paling musibah, perintah yang menghantarkanmu kepada punah. Kekasih, pernah adalah denyut paling wabah, titah yang memenjarakanmu ke dalam musnah. Kekasih, setelah kata itu, kaubelah aku dari dirimu. Aku yang serakah pada salah, kau yang kalah pada amarah. Kita kisah yang rekah. Kekasih, setelah kata itu, kaupecah aku dari utuhmu. Aku yang rebah pada serapah, kau yang payah pada pasrah. Kita kisah yang pisah.

Ten years from now, we'll still be talked about as the first gay couple that ESPN had in 'The Body Issue.' You might not realize, in the moment, the impact that something like that can have. Every now and then, when you talk to people and hear the reactions, maybe we helped somebody.

I have often thought that one of the less attractive traits of various professional bodies and institutions is the deeply ingrained suspicion and outright hostility which can exist towards anything unorthodox or unconventional.

I always kind of dreamed locally - I never really ever dream that I would be south of the border; I dreamed about being a theatre star in Toronto, and maybe I'd do Stratford and regional stuff. I always thought it would be a slow growth.

He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stanley's Bar. 1965.

I'll give you my answer calmly and sensibly, my final answer. My final answer is finally no. The answer is no! Absolutely and finally no! Finally and positively no! No! No! No! N - O!

While I am talking about private sector job creation, the cap-and-trade energy tax, Speaker Pelosi's health-care bill and card-check legislation, Washington Democrats are defending groups like ACORN. They are on the wrong side of the issues and know their views are wrong for Arkansas, so they attack me.

Food is celebratory. People who don't cook don't know how much fun they're missing.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

If I'm off the teleprompter, management doesn't get to see what I'm going to say.