I am too tired, even to be happy.

[Scientific testing] can't determine how the mind will tolerate pain in a race. Sometimes, I say, 'Today I can die.'

I don't watch a lot of comedy. For relaxation and escape, I watch shows about how people survive bear attacks. Or old episodes of 'Law and Order,' the Benjamin Bratt/Jerry Orbach era.

We were all born of flesh, in a flare of pain. We do not remember the red roots whence we rose, but we know that we rose and walked, that after a while we shall lie down again.

Everything stinks until it's finished.

My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.

One cannot always summarize massive issues by looking at the life of one person or one family, or even one community.

Christian education is a bomb with a long fuse - it takes a while to go off.

Money is like water in a leaky bucket: no sooner there, it begins to drip.

When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never stops, a process that creates a logical individual. That is the challenge and joy of teaching.

It is still possible to have friendly discourse in America, as long as you don't bring up any subject.

You don't need a time machine if you know how to remember.