To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless question.

The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.

All historians, even the most scientific, have bias, if in no other sense than the determination not to have any.

History is the memory of things said and done.

No class of Americans, so far as I know, has ever objected . . . to any amount of governmental meddling if it appeared to benefit that particular class.

History is an indispensable even though not the highest form of intellectual endeavor.

Corporations have at different times been so far unable to distinguish freedom of speech from freedom of lying that their freedom has to be curbed.

One square yard of drag will slow a falling body almost twenty percent.

It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich.

In taking care with language, we take care of ourselves.

Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember me always, my love.

The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.

I don't want to sound arrogant or anything, but I just always knew that my career would be playing music.

He [Vaclav Havel] did love music. And so much about the Czech revolution was about music.

Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.

True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.

With time, fashion has become part of my DNA.