"My country is the world, and my religion is to do good."

“I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.”

“Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man”

“This show [Jessica Jones] was exploring the aftermath, and that is unique. You're sitting there going, "I know what happens. This is the aftermath." You watch her daily life and how she dealt with people, like new prospects for love or friends that were close to her, but she didn't know if she could trust them or if they were enemies.”

“... semantics ... is a sober and modest discipline which has no pretensions of being a universal patent-medicine for all the ills and diseases of mankind, whether imaginary or real. You will not find in semantics any remedy for decayed teeth or illusions of grandeur or class conflict. Nor is semantics a device for establishing that everyone except the speaker and his friends is speaking nonsense”

Source : Alfred Tarski, Steven R. Givant (1986). “Alfred Tarski, Collected Papers: 1935-1944”

“For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.”

“The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew up with that, kind of, Swedish tone or harmony.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.”

Source : Speech to United Nations General Assembly, New York, N.Y., 23 Sept. 2003

“Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.”

Source : "'Wire' and 'Fringe' star makes music, too". Interview with John Carucci, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. January 10, 2011.