[A.J. Muste] was - he - I don't know what he finally came out believing in, but it was some kind of higher being.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

Sometimes cheap is inexpensive. Sometimes it's cheap.

Leadership and management are not synonymous.

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.

The smarter you are, the more reasons you have to be miserable.

I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell

I think, in all honesty, the first place that someone in emotional distress should turn is their loved ones, and then to use professionals.

I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.

I grew up in a predominantly Caucasian neighborhood, but my mom is Filipino-Spanish and my dad is Irish.

No man is born without ambitious worldly desires.

As long as you keep the audience on the edge of their seats, either scare them or keep them guessing, you can put anything in there that you want.