If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

They say that if you're afraid of homosexuals, it means that deep down inside you're actually a homosexual yourself. That worries me because I'm afraid of dogs.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

I don't know the difference between a hippie and a hipster but, it's fun to watch either one of them get beat up.

Yeah man, they call gambling a disease, but it's the only disease where you can win a bunch of money.

Trust means you anchor your heart in the reality of God's awareness of your situation.

You can survive and strive in life.

Please, God give us the grace to carefully obey all your commands, .

We can do no great things-only small things with great love.

A person's own definition of leadership defines the glittering crown of his leadership.

If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

I was six years old when my parents told me that there was a small, dark jewel inside my skull, learning to be me.

So that's our new flag. The thing we've been fighting for-thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a circle for the union.

I like to joke that Inhofe is as far left as I'll go for an employer.

Be as bold as the first man or [woman] to eat an oyster.

There’s an Iago and a Romeo within all of us. There is that lover, and there is that sociopath.