From my perspective, we must create an equitable path forward to energy independence, not only from foreign countries, but also independence from fossil fuels.

I do love to cry. I'll cry at the drop of a hat. I'll cry at your basic television programme, let alone a weepie. But not big, heavy, serious crying. I haven't done that for a while, which is a relief. More like a little welling up of joy.

When I was 11, I made truffle risotto for my family for Christmas dinner.

Marriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.

The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry.

Hierarchical formulations died because their wedding cake levels posited a multiply fractured cosmos that does not match the Space Age revelation of a unified universe in which the earth is clearly in, rather than separated from, the heavens. Hierarchical representations do not reflect what either the world or we are like.

Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

Never order food in excess of your body weight.

I have a deep respect for life in general; just a huge, deep respect for life. And I have definitely grasped onto the fact that every minute, every moment, to be grateful and thankful for. Because we really don't know what's two seconds away. We really don't. It's so unpredictable.

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.

It's in the nature of Italians to live life with a positive tone and to celebrate the invitations that come along in life. Italian food is so conducive to all of that.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

Each one of these treaties is a step for the maintenance of peace, an additional guarantee against war. It is through such machinery that the disputes between nations will be settled and war prevented.

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

I vent my anger in the gym, and it calms me down.

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self.

Diets, like clothes, should be tailored to you.