A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne

War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.

Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail

Higher education should be based on quality, not quantity; receive merit-based funding; and be free of unnecessary bureaucracy. Not the least of the benefits of educational reform is to foster the pride of achievement at national and international levels.

Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

My father's death has given me a lot. It has given me a lifelong love of women, of their grittiness and hardness - traits that we are not supposed to value as feminine. It has also given me a love of men, of their vulnerability and tenderness - traits that we do not foster as masculine or allow ourselves to associate with masculinity.

Alain Dehaze
Alain Dehaze

Nurturing an inclusive culture begins in the family. Home is the first place to foster openness and a culture of inclusion.

Alan Stern
Alan Stern

Competition-driven innovation and price pressure that commercial practices foster can only make human spaceflight ever more common and U.S. leadership in this domain ever clearer.

Alex Gibney
Alex Gibney

Dialogue between people of differing views is critical for fostering understanding in a democracy.

Alexa Vega
Alexa Vega

Natalie Portman is one of my favorites, and Jodie Foster. Those two are amazing actresses.

Amal Clooney
Amal Clooney

Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.

Amy Adams
Amy Adams

I didn't get into acting to have a moment, I got into it because of people who've inspired me, like Judi Dench, Holly Hunter, and Jodie Foster.