A man can seem to have many friends yet know little of friendship.

Art, when destroyed can never be replaced, yet history repeats itself.

Men, who achieve much, die as do those who achieve nothing.

It is often easier to learn from the mistakes of others than from our own.

Does man Progress? A thousand questions answered yesterday create a thousand questions today.

It is painful to reflect upon your failures knowing that you alone caused them.

The most powerful of men can fail when they forget that a mighty river can be crossed at its source.

At times, the most dangerous politicians have been those impelled by dreams and ideals, rather than basic realities.

The business man who gains success at the expense of the poor and miserable gains nil respect from his peers.

Who are you, Hockenberry, to thwart Fate and defy the Will of the Gods?I am me, Thomas Hockenberry. I am fed up with these power-addled thugs who call themselves gods.

Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.

I was the type of person that would show a PowerPoint presentation about why I should do something versus crying and screaming over it.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Natural objects, for example, must be experienced before any theorizing about them can occur.

Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.

We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.

The less there is of you, the more you experience the sublime.

Whoever said that love is blind was dead wrong. Love is the only thing on this earth that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.

Life's saving graces are love, pleasure, laughter ... wisdom, it seems, is for the Hereafter.