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I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe that whether or not there's a God, there is such a thing as sacredness. Life is sacred. The Sabbath can be a sacred day. Prayer can be a sacred ritual. There is something transcendent, beyond the everyday. It's possible that humans created this sacredness ourselves, but that doesn't take away from its power or importance.
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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
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I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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If we depart form tradition, it is out of knowledge , not innocence.
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There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
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When more Americans prefer freebies to freedom, these great United States will become a fertile ground for tyranny.
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Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.
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I don't trust sentimentality in men; it goes with tyranny; you can't have one without the other.
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The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose.
