Nikola Tesla Quotes

The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human beings have an inherent tendency towards violence both towards their fellow human beings and towards the creation itself. The story tells us that this violence grieves God.

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

I had kids at age 47, and very late in life, and I'd been doing it for 30 straight years, writing songs, making a record and touring and starting the process right over.

If I had it to do over, I might have finished school first, then devoted all my time to StumbleUpon instead of dividing my time between the two. In the end, however, it was probably good to take the time I did.

It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early that evening when the Times story ran. That was an overreaction. All human beings under pressure behave poorly.

A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.

I was just reading about Paul Simon in 'Uncut', and it was fascinating. I never think about him much or think about his music or anything, but it's interesting to hear his ideas on stuff.

I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.

If you could do 'Moving Too Fast' and 'Nobody Needs To Know' really, really well, you kind of knew you would make it someday, somehow!

The '60s was the end of the America that the rest of the world liked.

When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up.

For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.

We could play them through the week, and then the weekend we could play the black joints. I learned to be very versatile and learned to love it. So it stays with me even up to now.

I get miserable if I don't eat.

I think it's important that people think about what they are doing and that includes what they are eating. I am 61 now and attitudes towards drinking and driving have changed radically since I was a student. People change their notion of what is responsible. They will increasingly ask about the carbon content of their food.

A 'conservative believer' must be someone who believes that Jesus was truly human as well as truly divine.

Gentlemen have talked a great deal of patriotism. A venerable word, when duly practiced.

I'm just one of many moms who will say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way.

If the Labour party goes back to reasserting its socialist and democratic beliefs, that's where I belong.

I never liked to copy things that are out there. I always like to come up with something new, something different.