“I think every person has the ability to affect change…through our every thought our every word, the way that we interact with other people.”

We are constantly affecting the world.

When I hear Obama speak he just seems really sincere and he just seems like somebody who actually has his heart and his motivation in the right place.

To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends, I wanna offer my love and respect till the end.

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

If I feel like I’ve done the best that I can or conducted myself in the most constructive way that I can in a situation, then I feel peace.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes.

Forget about color or race or gender or whatever, he’s got his heart in the right place.

I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that

Music is going to go in some direction that is entirely inconceivable now.

Don’t think whether it’s a hit or not and people will get you.

Rather than trying to figure out what other people should be doing, work on your own interactions in the world and whatever influence they have.

It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism – because that’s mainly what I’ve been exposed to – was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction.

That’s the strange thing about making a record.

China is one of the last huge dictatorships, holding on to these colonies, provinces.

The situation with Tibet has to change.

That has to collapse. It’s the responsibility of heads of business who are going to do business in China to lay down the law.

Free will is to mind what chance is to matter.

He who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind.

Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.

Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don’t waste time – grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it’s not fun, move on.

I believe in second chances, but I don’t believe in third or fourth chances.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.