In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to offend somebody, you don't need protection of the First Amendment.

If Kim Jong Un and his henchmen were upset before, wait till they see the movie we're going to make.

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

You have to be able to tolerate what you don't necessarily like so you can be free.

There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.

The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?

You can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

She did not think it was true that women fell in love all at once, but rather, that they fell in love through repitition, just the way someone became brave.

The best minds have their soft spots and sometimes feel somewhat bruised by the scant respect of logic.

The ground will never complain how much weight you add on it, how much you dig it and how much you grow on it, How long you live on it. Unused ground is an abomination to nature.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

As far as putting stuff on social media, I think Instagram is really cool because I like the visual aspect. You're taking pictures, and you can put a filter on them, and it's super creative.

The opportunities to become an astronaut in Canada were far and few.

Success has a very narrow definition in professional athletics: medals and records, and pursuit of anything outside of that is looked down upon.

It is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage. That you lose hope. I don't want to lose hope. I get through every day. I'm pretty good. I work. I sleep. I sing. I walk.

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.

I always feel the audience is my best teacher.