We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact, we distrust him when he seems to be influencing us by his manner.

No matter how small you start, always dream big.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous.

Home Economics stands for the ideal home life for today unhampered by the traditions of the past and the utilization of all the resources of modern science to improve home life.

I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

If you don't know the blues... there's no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.

Yet, even amidst the hatred and carnage, life is still worth living. It is possible for wonderful encounters and beautiful things to exist.

You have to be brave when you are stupid.

Imprisonment has become the response of first resort to far too many of our social problems.

I'm a huge Dirty Dancing fan. I feel like I should be reading [William] Shakespeare, but I'm watching Baby not be in a corner.

There is a design and a purpose for each of our lives. Living unaware of that is sad, but dying unaware of it is a tragedy.

I learned you really do have to make sure you enjoy life.

I think vulnerability and sensuality, they're sides of the same coin.

Values create dimension, but color usually receives all of the attention. When painting with oils, placing dark and light pigments next to each other can be an accident waiting to happen.

A feeling of disquiet continues to haunt me. As a youth one dreams of love; by the time one wakes, it is too late.

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.