I support the death penalty. But I also think there has to be no margin for error.

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.

I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die.

Because the Illinois death penalty system is arbitrary and capricious - and therefore immoral - I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death.

I'm going to sleep well tonight knowing that I made the right decision.

Was I involved in selling drivers licenses to people illegally? Hell no I wasn't. Would I have tolerated it? Hell no.

If you can love yourself deeply, you will never feel alone.

We have one hundred percent chance of achieving what God has called us to, even if we are starting from scratch

Teach them what you love to do in life. It really doesn't matter what it is. It never does. Just show them how important a passion is . . .

When it came to music growing up, it wasn't just gospel and R&B. My uncle brought rock 'n' roll to me when I was younger, and I loved it. I was open to all music.

The thing about courage is it’s something that we have to learn and relearn our whole lives. It’s not just in you, it’s in every choice we make every day.

I demanded a realm in which I should be both master and slave at the same time: The world of art is the only such realm.

For you to be free of your thinking mind, that will cost you the way that you've put your self together. It will cost you your patterned self.

Happiness is being at peace, being with loved ones, being comfortable...but most of all, it's having those loved ones.

I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that.

Wikipedia will be small, disreputable, and unimportant compared to CZ in a few more years. Uh, ;-)