Truth is a totality, the sum of many overlapping partial images. History, on the other hand, sacrifices totality in the interest of continuity.

Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.

The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents.

You will ever depress the devil if you always love those who spit hatred into your face. The devil loves vengeance and anything contrary to this is an agenda to bring down his temporal kingdom!

You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.

Small streams don't plan to be mighty rivers. We just move in a direction; God decides what He'll have us become.

It is ironic that a nation that has never experienced a coup d'etat should be so obsessed with the idea of conspiracy.

Food, like most things, is best when left to its own simple beauty.

If baking is any labor at all, it's a labor of love. A love that gets passed from generation to generation.

Instead of friends, I see in Washington only mortal enemies. Instead of loving the old flag of the stars and stripes, I see in it only the symbol of murder, plunder, oppression, and shame.

I'm still talking about some heavy issues, but it feels a lot happier to me.

The most wonderful thing in the world is somebody who knows who they are and knows where they're going and knows what they were created to do

Like I say, I don't think it'll be done perfectly. Maybe we'll end up with a little bit better [economy] system.