Quotes
I always felt we were on our own, but I was aware of the bands that were around at this time: groups like Genesis, Yes and Led Zeppelin. I listened to all of those groups and I liked some of them. I always liked Genesis with Peter Gabriel, but I rather lost interest when he left.
Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them.
To a growing degree, it is not governments, but rather quite different forces that decide the fate of humankind.
That thing that is sometimes called the responsibility of intellectuals is the responsibility of every decent person.
Society is becoming less and less transparent. People no longer know where decisions that substantially affect their lives are taken, nor by whom, nor how.
If one is satisfied with things, one doesn't complain about the downsides that exist, either.
I am a provocative pessimist and my point of departure is that politicians and decision-makers must be made to give serious consideration to the consequences of development and make a real effort to change the direction of certain trends. In that case, we may be able to avoid a truly disastrous outcome for ourselves.
According to the Christian faith, we in the Western countries have a strong perception that we are the masters of creation. Consequently, we are entitled to use nature for our own purposes. When we do so, the equilibrium between original people and nature is upset. People are alienated from nature and are no longer part of it.
The Escape hybrid really 'wants' to be an electric vehicle, but the gasoline engine adds power for acceleration, charges the batteries and powers the air conditioning.
At Ford, we are not only delivering leading-edge technology, we're also bringing to market smart technology that the customer values and the environment appreciates. Like the President, we believe hydrogen fuel is a critical part of our future.
You are about to begin the hero's journey. Travel well on the quest. A life of More is your birthright. Know the vast resource that reside in you and are provided for you in the world. You have raised the battle cry of There Must Be More Than This.
When one pauses to consider how thoroughly corrupted our censors must be by this time, it is difficult to have any faith whatever in their judgement of what is and is not corrupting to others. If to the pure all things are pure, it may well follow that to the corrupted all things are corrupt.
We are hungry for more; if we do not consciously pursue the More, we create less for ourselves and make it more difficult to experience More in life.
Want to know if a given behavior is a soft addiction? If any of these characteristics apply, chances are it is: zoning out, avoiding feelings, compulsiveness, denial/rationalization, stinking thinking, and hiding or lying about the behavior.
Only after I faced the unhappiness of my first marriage did I start on the path of personal growth.
Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.
My name is usually the one on the end of people's lips.
The type of contract between players and producers is, I feel, antiquated in form and abstract in concept. We have no privacies which producers cannot invade, they trade us like cattle, boss us like children.
I'm just not the glamour type. Glamour girls are born, not made. And the real ones can be glamorous even if they don't wear magnificent clothes. I'll bet Lana Turner would look glamorous in anything.
I argued that I didn't have any of the attributes to pose for cheesecake. I said I would have to make good on my acting ability, which was the only attribute I could offer.