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“The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.”
Source : Aung San Suu Kyi (1995). “Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings”, p.185, Penguin UK
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“As a civil rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices.”
Source : "Isaac Hayes quits South Park after it satirises Scientology" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. March 15, 2006.
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“That got thrown out of court are what got me thrown out of school.”
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“You and I share the same DNA. Is there anything more lonely than that?”
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“You have to be willing - you have strong ideas, you have strong views, but you have to be willing also to look at experience.”
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“I was born with the gift.”
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“I've never been ready to do a single thing I've ever done in my life. I haven't been prepared enough, haven't studied enough, haven't known enough. You can never be ready. There's just so much to know.”
Source : "Lyle Lovett: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 23, 2012.
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“Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities-that's training or instruction-but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed.”