I learned how to pass when I was real young. That's one thing I always knew how to do was find the open man.
Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me.
'Bloom' is basically the idea that all flesh is grass, and that we can look at natural plant growth and organic material as outgrowths of the Earth.
What was really interesting to me about 'The Telegarden' was this idea of connecting the physical world, the natural world, and the social world through the Internet.
Artificial creatures date back to the ancient Chinese and Greeks. Renaissance automata were designed primarily to entertain, reflecting the value placed on leisure.
As humans embrace new forms of social media to keep connected with friends and colleagues, our robots are becoming increasingly sociable.
Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.
I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity.
Common participation in the Eucharist can only be a final outcome of ecumenic dialogue, not the starting point.
There's always the tendency to transform the Church into an ethical agency, and of measuring the Church by the yardstick of social and cultural utility.
I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man; it is we.
There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog
There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.
Our team at Duolingo is really cohesive, but this did not just happen. I made a concerted effort to hire people who are going to play nice.
Generally, when it comes to covers, I try and add elements that may not take your immediate attention but really become important the more you look at them.
Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.
I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.
Kids don't plan to play. They don't go: 'Barbie, Ken, you ready to play? It's gonna be a three-act.'
long ago said, 'who dares not speak his free thought is a slave.' I nominated myself as an 'infidel' as a challenge to thought for those who are asleep.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.
We've flown the president since Eisenhower, and we're going to continue to fly the president for generations to come. This is something we're very proud of.
