Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The people will believe what the media tells them they believe.

The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Big things often have small beginnings.

Healing from an eating disorder is a personal journey—the medicine is whatever reminds you that you do in fact want to live, and that you are worthy and capable of love.

It doesn't matter how much you get; you are left wanting more.

We argued about how hard it would be to ride a bear, assuming said bear was muzzled.

You throw your best punch, otherwise don't do it.

I believe there are certain things that cannot be bought -- loyalty, friendship, health, love and an American League pennant.

Dance every performance as if it were your last.

Somebody has inquired as to whether I will be going to the opening baseball game. I hope to have that pleasure.

There are times when marriage is not such a comfortable place But you find your way; you become a different person. You grow into it. And you have to work at marriage every day.

The range of human skin colours is quite narrow when you think about it - and I do - and subtle - beige, pink, white, tan, taup.