Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I am a phoenix who runs after arsonists.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

A man is only as good as what he loves.

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.

Every beginning has an end and every end is a new beginning.

Satire has its limits. It is really up to the people to make the change. The satirist's role ends at the screen.

I once asked him what came at the end of the sentence... and he said "parole".

Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been

It's important to keep a balanced diet, but I'm not a fan of deprivation. If I want a cheeseburger, I am not only going to eat that cheeseburger, but I'm going to enjoy that cheeseburger.

I choose to give truly of myself, entirely of myself, to the people I choose to do that with, and I can't do that with everyone.

I remember one day I was kissing Mason and he spit up in my mouth and I loved it.

I think that I'm always going to think that it's silly to value certain things that no matter how many people find it really valuable, it's always just going to seem a little silly to me.

By the time I'm out of makeup, I'm ready to act.

Irish is a leprechaun language.