In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities is subject to public criticism; that of the people themselves, never.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.

Equality is the measure of all things, and bad behavior is less bad if everyone indulges in it.

Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.

I have never understood the liberal assumption that if there were justice in the world, there would be fewer rather than more prisoners.

We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

Two or three notes of music can instantly make you feel sad or tense or afraid or angry. To do that in words is much more difficult.

Where hopes are unrealistic, fears often become exaggerated; where dreams alone are blueprints, nightmares result.

But my faith seems naive, at least today. Maybe tomorrow I can believe again.

I bought a railroad during this period of time.

Prayer is speaking to God - but sometimes He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return.

It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character.

Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal.

Basketball was always something I felt I could dominate, something I could control.

When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.

It's the little mistakes that lead to big mistakes.

My voice is clotted with unshed tears.

The reputation of those countries which cater to the foreign policy interests of other states at the expense of their own national interests will go down regardless of how they explain their actions.