A society is only as free as its most oppressed and afflicted members.

there comes a time in every rabbi's life when he thinks he's Moses.

grateful people are a bore and become obsequious, which causes their benefactors to doubt the wisdom of their choice.

the compulsion to work long years in pursuit of some inner vision must be fueled by stubborn fires.

Watching a ball game is one of the sweetest pleasures in the world.

Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning do to do afterward.

Be strong in the Lord.

It's all or nothing with my makeup. If I get dressed up, I'll go to an extreme. I'll wear foundation, bright blue or bright red lipstick with one of my weird purple wigs.

My sophomore year I placed 2nd, and my junior and senior year - I got smart and piled up enough points between myself and second place where I didn't have to run the mile.

I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

Men despise one another and flatter one another; and men wish to raise themselves above one another, and crouch before one another.

Well, let's distinguish religion from spirituality. I am Catholic, so religion for me is a way of having discipline and collective worship with persons who share the same mystery.

Sometimes people do things that hurt and it's not because they mean to. They just do. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with you, but you end up hurt because of it.

I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.