You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.
If I can't change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it.
The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters.
The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result.
If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.
I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.
At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world.
It's our culture, Christian history, that's what formed me. Even as an atheist, I believe. We're just built that way.
It is indeed possible to change your view of the universe from indifferent to friendly. I have helped thousands of persons make this transition in my workshops.
The challenge to people like me is, how do you use your capabilities and resources to help support things that are important to you, whether it's the arts or education or homelessness?
I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the Bush - and because I didn't go to drama school, they gave me an education.
Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.
I believe that everything you work at and want in life is a great challenge.
Hubble is very close to my heart, and going back to Hubble, because I was there once already in 1993, is really a great privilege for me.
I have great confidence in Rick Caruso's unique qualifications and his ability to lead a successful bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.