You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.

If an abduction is reported, it is dealt with in the same way as a kidnap.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

There's nothing wrong with being organized.Things that change history tend to be organized.

You've got people who didn't serve with John Kerry saying they did serve with John Kerry in the boat. With George Bush, we can't find anybody who did serve with him.

John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command save one has stood with him.

You have to understand that Republicans are on lockstep on one issue. They will not raise taxes. Democrats are in lockstep on another issue, pro-choice in all cases on abortion.

Don't turn away. Keep your gaze on the bandaged place. That's where the light enters you.

Perhaps the palms had been whispering warnings in the sultry breeze.

With luck on your side you can do without brains.

When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.

If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.

If you don't have a vision you're going to be stuck in what you know. And the only thing you know is what you've already seen.

It's really the artist in me that loves the idea of an image and an image that provokes an emotion.

The Church is built on the rock of Peter, and he who eats the Lamb outside this holy dwelling is reprobate .. .He who eats the Lamb outside this Apostolic See has no part with God!

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.

When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say.