"The eye takes a person into the world. The ear brings the world into a human being."

“I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.”

“I think that any wealth creates a sense of trusteeship... it is characteristic of the new generation which has created wealth to have some amount of responsibility for it.”

“People get so upset about lyrics, and they're probably totally cool with horror movies. That doesn't really make sense.”

Source : "To Learn as a Listener". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. July 1, 2011.

“Men love death. In everything they make, they hollow out a central place for death, let its rancid smell contaminate every dimension of whatever still survives. Men especially love murder. In art they celebrate it, and in life they commit it. They embrace murder as if life without it would be devoid of passion, meaning, and action, as if murder were solace, stilling their sobs as they mourn the emptiness and alienation of their lives.”

“Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”

Source : "Gal Gadot's 'Wonder Woman' Scholarship Speech Emphasizes That All Superheros Don't Wear Capes" by Nina Bradley, www.bustle.com. December 07, 2017.

“I am free to confess that I am disappointed with the Yosemite valley. It seems only about one-half as grand as the American Fork canyon.”

“No amount of activity in the King's service will make up for neglect of the King Himself.”

“The Civil Rights Commission should never have been brought into existence. It has been most prejudiced in its viewpoint, and has fomented trouble and racial disturbance since its inception. It should be abolished, not extended.”