Investing in industries and technology for the 21st century generates high-skilled high-wage jobs for industries of the future.

Anyone could be in the orchestra or sports team or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules it ceases to be a religion as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act.

To defeat the aggressors is not enough to make peace durable. The main thing is to discard the ideology that generates war.

The political system is not for the people. The people are secondary to the economy. It's about what generates money not about what benefits the people.

Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership which is capable of compromise which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic.

I'm happy that I feel a little less out of place in filmmaking than I once was - but it's almost impossible for a playwright in the U.S. to make a living. You can have a play like I did with 'Angels ' and it still generates income for me but it's not enough for me to live on and have health insurance.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Our thoughts have an order not of themselves but because the mind generates the spatio-temporal relationships involved in every experience.

A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.