“Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.”

A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.

Why can’t I just eat my waffle?

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.

It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.

Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.

I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.

We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.

I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

Let a new place change you; come back different.

I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

There should be change – the West should understand our music and culture, and vice versa. With such collaboration, artists can come closer to each other and come to know each other.

The industry has changed. Two years ago I could tell a company I’ve got Russell Crowe and that would get the film made. Now they’d ask ‘And who’s the girl?’ Just one famous face isn’t enough any more.

One thing I’m not going to do is change up anything. Like, I’m always gonna be me.

At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.

We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.