A civil tongue speaks the language of masters. An uncivil tongue reveals character flaws of its master.

With best thoughts, words and actions we align our past, present and future.

Words have meaning beyond the obvious. Words have consequences beyond intentions. Civil words align risk and reward of such unknowns.

Freedom of speech means setting words free. Imprisoned and freed words are consequential. All words have consequences.

Memory Lane always seems to be under reconstruction.

Where you are today is where you're from tomorrow.

Each year's regrets are envelopes in which messages of hope are found for the New Year.

Civility is not a specific code of behavior as much as it is a call to unrelenting preemptive thought, and steady effort to care about influence on others.

I, Larry Vail, do hereby confessTo murdering Merry in her little dress.To strangling and raping and making a mess.To all of these charges the answer is yes.

Politics is the enemy of the imagination.

I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to be faithful to that person without anything on your body to show that you are with someone.

So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.

Acting is a marvelous profession ... If you can spend enough time playing other people, you don't have to think too much about your own character and motivations.

Who'd have thought the Frisbee would have caught on?

It is important not to let emotions get in the way of cold, hard, calculated military planning. Emotions may win arguments, but they don't win wars.

Trying to out-guess Bonaparte; the thought makes my blood run cold.

The way I make music is unique to myself and the way I have lived my life - no one else would tell that story in the same way that I do.

You knew that what is given or granted can be taken away, that what is begged can be refused; but that what is earned is kept.