"I accept relationship as my primary teacher about myself, other people, and the mysteries of the universe."

“Every seemingly arbitrary destructive action is a reaction of the organism to the frustration of a gratification of a vital need, especially of a sexual need.”

“I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.”

“When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky.”

Source : "Master makeup artist Rick Baker on “An American Werewolf in London” and “Men in Black III”". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com. September 26, 2011.

“Gnostic politics is self-defeating in so far as its disregard for the structure of reality leads to continuous warfare.”

Source : Eric Voegelin (1987). “The New Science of Politics: An Introduction”, p.173, University of Chicago Press

“In nature, no organic substance is synthesized unless there is provision for its degradation; recycling is enforced.”

“(About parenting:) ... all that tedium, broken up by little spurts of high drama.”

“Speed slows down the game.”

Source : Tim McCarver, Danny Peary (2013). “Tim McCarver's Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans: Understanding and Interpreting the Game So You Can Watch It Like a Pro”, p.269, Villard

“One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.”