Culture

Ultimately, there are no values in the secular world that can replace the complete happiness people find in the vision of the face of God.

Professor of Government and Philosophy at University of Texas at Austin

I feel it's such a wonderful thing to be able to leave the tyranny of gravity to leave the ground and fly wherever you will.

Evolutionary Biologist & Author of "The Selfish Gene

Population aging is evidence that we've been doing a lot of things right. We're confident that if we have children, they will live long lives as well and we've never had those trends before in all human history.

No regrets culture is a terrible blueprint for living. The idea that you should always be positive and never look backwards is not an effective blueprint for living a decent, meaningful, happy life. It runs against everything we know about the science of emotion!

Author of "Drive" & Leading Work Culture Expert

Without the extreme magnifying glass that was on my life, I don't know if I would have stumbled on any of the discoveries I've made.

British Radio & TV Presenter, Model & Wellness Author

We keep getting told we need to be living our best life- but we forget we already are. We have a weird epidemic of hating on ourselves, if we stopped doing that, life would get way easier.

British Radio & TV Presenter, Model & Wellness Author

Most people don't know who they are. They're trying to be what other people want them to be- or they're trying to create something that fills a void that comes from within. The pressure to conform is huge right now, especially with people getting cancelled; saying what you really feel can make you unpopular… so people box themselves into a place where they're not celebrated or respected for being truthful. It's tragic.

Reality TV Star & Founder of Skinnygirl Cocktails Brand

Artists have always been part of networks; Art history is more connected than we have believed.

History is the story of those who wrote it… I have been trying very hard to add people back into the history of art who should have been there all along. I see this like Pompeii, these artists exist, but they're covered in ash. We must excavate them.

Art is hardwired into our DNA; we've been making it for at least 50,000 years. It's almost magic – it has a mysterious power over us when we look at it and connect to it. Art connects directly with our emotions; it can move us and help us understand our place in the world. Art, literally is part of who we are.

Women account for a mere 0.5% of recorded history.

I want to take African rhythm and put it into classical music, European jazz, and symphonies. I want people to come together from all over the place, through music. That's my legacy.

African music more broadly is about rhythm, it's so addictive when you listen to it. People dance from 10 pm to 10 am without really stopping much – it's not complicated harmonies, it's about rhythm and connection. It's like a trance – you get hooked.

You come back and go to a job where your boss is trying to make an extra buck and your co-workers are trying to trample each other to get ahead- even though you just came back from a place where people were willing to die for you.

Every soldier who enters the military knows what makes the grass grow. Civilians are like, 'okay… sun? Water? Photosynthesis?…' for us? Its blood, we say the bright red blood makes the green grass grow.

We're choosing brands like we choose friends. And that is a huge responsibility because they've got to be a real friend, not a false friend.