"Democracy cannot meaningfully function without an informed citizenry, and such a citizenry is impossible without broad public access to information about the operations of government."

“Pure phenomenology claims to be the science of pure phenomena. This concept of the phenomenon, which was developed under various names as early as the eighteenth century without being clarified, is what we shall have to deal with first of all.”

Source : Edmund Husserl, Peter McCormick, Frederick Elliston (1981). “Husserl, shorter works”, Univ of Notre Dame Pr

“The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.”

“With the collision of the Shoemaker comet into Jupiter, the era of uniformitarian orthodoxy must come to an end. Minds that have been closed for nearly half a millennium can now be opened to see what really has happened to our planet in the past -- and that past is not as distant as we might suppose.”

“The only problem is time.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind - compassion opens it.”

“I'm a better and more educated person because of basketball.”

“When I think of my career, I can't help but think of the kid with his ball, falling in love.”

“I always thought I'd go to university and then get a real job, you know. Now I want to do stuff that really makes me happy. Although I'm still trying to work out what that is. But for me there are always constants.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.