If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must teach our children to excel not only academically, but also in their appreciation of their obligation to others.

Privilege is least apparent to those who have it.

We are nature's unique experiment to make the rational intelligence prove itself sounder than the reflex. Knowledge is our destiny

Never mind of what your enemy thinks of you, relax and think a head of him.

Clearly no one knows what leadership has gone undiscovered in women of all races, and in black and other minority men.

I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characters I play, or is it me growing as a human being?'

To describe an animal as a physico-chemical system of extreme complexityis no doubt perfectly correct, except that it misses out on the animalness of the animal.

No matter what your race, creed or sexual preference, there is a word that people use to describe you that is very nasty. It's what we all have in common. That, and masturbation.

In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of all in Russia.

And out of heart's pain comes heart's peace; and out of desire, accomplishment.

Kill him, then hug him. Men are more faithful when dead.

The best of my songs are more than just a joke. There's something else going on - a character, or it's not just a plain joke.