Losing our ignorance can be dangerous because our ignorance is a shield.

As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction

It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.

The Great Change is when humankind accepts its role as part of the natural order of the universe instead of its role as a cancer

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

Poets are the mad midwives to reality. They see not what is, nor what can be, but what must become.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.

The height of your storm determines the height of your rainbow.

You get to be famous or have some notoriety and there are so many people who want a piece of you.

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

Put all our pride away, always find a gentle word to say, you know we shouldn't be full of ourselves when we should be full of humility .

The truth is I'm getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don't feel it on the inside, but from the outside everybody can see it.

You cannot become great women if you are not also good women. Great women respond generously to their instincts to do good.

All this health and safety talk is just killing me.

What the study I chaired actually said was we needed tougher regulation of cash and capital in banks, as credit was too easy. Events proved that right.

If you clean your body out so that it is not fighting against you, you rest better, think better and you're always light on your feet.