We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present.

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.

I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. All change is the result of a change in the contemporary state of mind.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

Peace that follows battle is a futile peace. It is time to count dead and to assess which side stands closer to the win.

When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship.

If I can be my crazy, wild self in front of a person, and he still likes me, that's romantic.

Surfing - I have to go surfing.

I don't really like the spotlight.

What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?

Rejection kills, disappointment only maims.

Ideals are great in theory ... but they don't work too well in real life.

I'd love to hold a koala. They sleep 22 hours a day, eat eucalyptus leaves and just hang out. I want to spend some time with that guy

It's possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he's still writing.