Is there no end to this escalation of desire?

The earth we abuse and the living things we kill will, in the end, take their revenge; for in exploiting their presence we are diminishing our future.

All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it.

The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other.

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

The barbarian weapon is fission: the splitting asunder. It has been perfected for death. Our only weapon is fusion: an imperfect process still, though designed for life.

Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in the female eye is more for the cash than the carrier.

she wondered how she could have spent all that money and have nothing but clothes and accessories and a long list of men she never wanted to see again to show for it

_____________________" I'm lost for words.

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.

A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.

I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be.

My biggest struggle has been balancing where I give my energy.

I'm happiest in an empty church. I love the smell of a church.

The philosophy of jazz represents tolerance, teamwork and inclusion. That's what America is about. The music reflects that.

If you are too busy to pray then you are too busy.