The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England.

I always wanted to be a lawyer,but I certainly never wanted to be a trapeze performer.

There is a seamless web to life.. all life is sacred.

I think Obama is possibly the most dangerous and destructive president we have ever had

A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have a First Amendment or a Bill of Rights.

Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.

I was introduced to jazz, and that's become a basic concern and passion of mine ever since.

My parents were Orthodox Jews but not very regular Orthodox Jews. I was bar mitzvahed and all that. But God was hardly ever mentioned in my family. Franklin D. Roosevelt was.

The media ignores what is really going on.

I would bet there is no place in the United States where the First Amendment would survive intact.

What we have now in America is a surveillance society.

Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world ...

There's two wolves battling us all right now... One's good, the other one is evil. If you're wondering which wolf inside will succeed, simple it's the one that you feed...

Tell me what’s the difference between hope and waiting because my heart doesn’t know It constantly cuts itself on the glass of waiting It constantly gets lost in the fog of hope

You must avoid blindness of mind by setting goals. ... I have long contended that the person who sets goals and who strives to attain such is the master of his own fate.

Don't make a film if it can't be the film you want to make. It's a joke, and a sick joke, and it'll kill you.

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.

If you don't know an answer, a fact, a statistic - make it up on the spot.

There are a number of things that set Southern artists apart from anyone else. Their obsession with place and their obsession with family.