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“I wish we had a more open discourse. It's just a shame that with our 24-hour news media and the Internet, people have become so fragmented. They only want to support their own worldview.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“A bullet from a gun does not make a distinction between practice and combat. You are training to be one and the same way in your life”
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“I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.”
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“I wouldn't want to play LSU right now even if I were the Indianapolis Colts.”
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“Just because you have so much to give does not mean that they'll all be accepted. There's more to giving than just giving.”
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“The young person isn't certain that love can be real; the middle-aged man is only discovering that it is; and the older person seems so sure of it. I was interested in the way that many of us go through the whole of our lives staying with someone just out of complacency, because leaving isn't easy.”
Source : "So there's these three Irishmen". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2001.
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“Prejudice is a disease. So is fashion. But I will not wear prejudice”
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“You can't lead others to places you don't want to go yourself. If you don't feel a burning passion for something, how in the world can you inspire and encourage others to share it?”
Source : James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (1999). “Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others”, p.149, John Wiley & Sons