As a matter of history great developments in art have often been remarkably separate from religious motivation and use.

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women.

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good, and against some greatly scorned evil.

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power.

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.

liberty is the one thing no man can have unless he grants it to others.

Your heavenly eyes are shining like a late night starTo be in heaven, I like to get lost in those eyes forever.

Movies are about escape.

Effectiveness of assertion is the alpha and omega of style.

I thought it was a wonderfully conceptual act actually, to fire a replica pistol at a figurehead - the guy could have been working for Andy Warhol!

It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here.

....Worthy would-be worlds of words, whorls of working wonder.

I much prefer whining to counting my blessings.

You just do the best you can, and when you're able to connect with people, and when you do, it's just incredibly gratifying.

REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.

To say the Constitution is living is to say that it's dead.