If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.

Devout Christians are destined to be regarded as fools in modern society. We are fools for Christ's sake. We must pray for courage to endure the scorn of the sophisticated world.

Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize.

I even accept for the sake of argument that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged.

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.

For in order for capitalism to work -- in order for it to produce a good and a stable society -- the traditional Christian virtues are essential.

In the eyes of government we are just one race here. It is American.

One can be sophisticated and believe in God. Reason and intellect are not to be laid aside where matters of religion are concerned.

Now I am a vagabond of the universe, a drifter among spaces where the madness of things has no limits.

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation.

Kids' lives are just as important and difficult as grown ups'.

You never know what to expect. You don't just walk on and expect an amazing reaction.

I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's part of who we are.

Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.

The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy' listening to it.

We never get to the bottom of ourselves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love and learning.

No other single innovation had so much impact on history.

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not particularly good and after about half an hour you know how it's going to end.