Something's happened in our society which I don't think is beneficial and that's that you see the public being fed box-office news. Newscasts now every local station - I've been traveling around the country a lot and you see the local news and they give box-office reports.
I give away something up to $500 million a year throughout the world promoting Open Society. My foundations support people in the country who care about an open society. It's their work that I'm supporting. So it's not me doing it.
There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics it's something to do with the social structure of society.
Up until now the biggest question in society about video games has been what to do about violent games. But it's almost like society in general considers video games to be something of a nuisance that they want to toss into the garbage can.
As a creative person you just put something out into the consciousness of the society you live in.
The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.
Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation for want of a better word of mundane things.
But hey when you live in Watts you need a little smack to get by you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you.
A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong.
In much of society research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
Before I do anything I think well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.
The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
The finest clothing made is a person's own skin but of course society demands something more than this.
The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.
I just smile. And they - my opponents don't like it when I smile at them. They think I'm playing or something. But - like I smile throughout the whole fight. Sometimes I'll be throwing combinations and I just smile and stick my tongue out at them.
I wake up each and every day with a smile on my face knowing I get to do something musically.
While you're improvising you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out you know that hey we're having fun.
When you see that many people with a smile on their face then you must be doing something right.
I feel like a little kid who just walked into a candy store. I think that's something to smile about.
The coolest part about seeing a girl wear something comfortable is the smile that you can just feel coming through from inside her.
The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that science would cease but rather that scientists would have to acknowledge the existence of something important which is outside the boundaries of natural science.
If you publish a scientific paper it is very hard to start a nationwide debate about something. If you do this in a movie you can start a debate. We like to create a bridge between those two worlds - film and science.
I believe that science fiction is as profound as you want it to be or it can be very simple entertainment and I'm all for very simple entertainment. Every now and then we all need to come home veg-out watch something and not think too deeply about it. It's what you want it to be. We tend to steer clear of being pedantic it's entertainment first otherwise we'd be on a lecture circuit.
I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still which I consider to be the classic science fiction film.