The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and to disturb the comfortable.

Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is not a crime.

Reason is an action of the mind; knowledge is a possession of the mind; but faith is an attitude of the person. It means you are prepared to stake yourself on something being so.

I often think the doctrine of fasting in Lent and having meatless days as old-fashioned...it might be better to give up television.

You don't characterize CEOs as dealmakers or in any one particular area. An important characteristic of a CEO is leader. That's probably the most important characteristic.

Currently, we're finding that about 75 percent of potential jurors have anger or deep-seated hatred toward anyone associated with Enron.

Rocks in my path? I keep them all. With them I shall build my castle.

Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to.

Of course [I'm a feminist]. And everyone I know is a feminist.

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

I am persuaded ... that both man and woman bear pain or sorrow, (and, for aught I know, pleasure too) best in a horizontal position.

Hard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.

I am not a chef. I am not even a trained or professional cook. My qualification is as an eater.

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

The same know contentment, for beauty is their lover, and beauty is never absent from this world.

The purpose of investing is not to simply optimise returns and make yourself rich. The purpose is not to die poor.