"You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled."

“People have doubted me and criticized me my whole life, and that's why I'm the way I am.”

Source : "The Many Moods of Owens - Why talented receiver does things his own way" by Nancy Gay, San Francisco Chronicle, p. C1, October 26, 2000.

“Forgiving does not usually happen at once. It is a process, sometimes a long one, especially when it comes to wounds gouged deep. And we must expect some lapses...some people seem to manage to finish off forgiving in one swoop of the heart. But when they do, you can bet they are forgiving flesh wounds. Deeper cuts take more time and can use a second coat.”

“These people are like sheep, if you were to ask them, who would like hepatitis, they are all going to cheer.”

“We were young, we were foolish, we were arrogant, but we were right.”

Source : "'The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation'". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. September 29, 2005.

“This is our punishment, our Tribulation. God has abandoned this world. The faithful have already gone on to their reward, and he has left the rest of us here, at the mercy of the demons and the devils. The sins of our fathers have passed to their children, and their children's children, and it will continue to be so until this world is completely destroyed. So it doesn't matter if you believe in God or not, because He is not here.”

“I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our world.”

“I feel great. I had a triple bypass in 1976 and a quadruple bypass in 1984.”

“As it enters the ear, does it come in like broken glass, or does it come in like honey?”