Language is the memory of man. Without it he has no past, a paltry present, and an empty future. With it he can bring his dreams to life.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

I simply cannot accept that there are on every story two equal and logical sides to an argument.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

Good night, and good luck.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

If none of us ever read a book that was "dangerous," had a friend who was "different," or joined an organization that advocated "change," we would all be the kind of people Joe McCarthy wants.

Our major obligation is not to mistake slogans for solutions.

Be sure to wear greenon March seventeen, or else Irish leprechauns pinch your bones clean!

A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines.

Conquering something new becomes fun, even if that thing you're conquering isn't what you'd normally do.

The incompatibility of aquacity with the erratic originality of genius.

Stillness is easy to maintain.

Everything human is pathetic

You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.

I'm really conscious of not doing something just for the sake of moving forward.

Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.

I'm not a doctor. I just have a tremendous amount of common sense.