The distrust and suspicion which men everywhere evidence toward their adversaries, at all states of historical development, may be regarded as the immediate precursor to the notion of ideology.

For progressive people the present is the beginning of the future. For conservative people the present is the end of the past.

Behind every rational and irrational force in human society there is a social mechanism which determines where it is to appear and what forms it is to take.

Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.

When a caterpillar bursts from its cocoon and discovers it has wings, it does not sit idly, hoping to one day turn back. It flies.

No where in 'humpty dumpty' did it say he was an egg. Maybe your inability to think outside of what others have taught you is what's keeping you from putting him together again.

People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.

The sceptic, when he plunges into the depths of infidelity, like the miser who leaps from the shipwreck, will find that the treasures which he bears about him will only sink him deeper in the abyss.

There is a growing evidence that arts education improves student learning and thereby produces better citizens

I 'spect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me.

But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.

I don't think men are the enemy. I think women are the enemy.

The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information.