Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.
I would often see windows that looked to me like they weren't real - almost like a painting on a wall instead of a window. I thought it was kind of a cool idea.
For relatively modest amounts of sulfur dioxide injected into the atmosphere, you could easily cool Earth by 1% or more, if you want.
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests.
I hope I've lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people.
It's incredible to have been part of fashion history - my whole career has been one big highlight.
I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.
Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.
Consider the bloody history of Europe: there was a great aspiration for high culture, yet this very same culture was shaped by brutality and barbarism.
Religiously the Empire was pluralistic and marked by a search for a faith which would be satisfying intellectually and ethically and would give assurance of immortality.
Science has to be understood in its broadest sense, as a method for comprehending all observable reality, and not merely as an instrument for acquiring specialized knowledge.
When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.
Work takes me away from my wife, Sue, and my life in Santa Barbara.
The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.
Barbara: [to Adam] Maybe we should try that Beetle guy.
[talking about her cat] Barbara Covett: Someone has died!
Barbara: My, how you've grown! Ed: Yeah, you'd better believe it.
The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it.
