"Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state - however, ships without ballast are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the tempests, nor reach a safe harbor."

“I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.”

“My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station.”

Source : "The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of Jonathan Winters". Interview With Pat Gallagher, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2012.

“Not one of the creatures of blood can escape death. We all face it, and succumb to it. It follows us like a dark shadow. Yet if we live in terror of it, then we do not live at all. Yes we are born alone, and yes we will die alone. But in between, Tae, we live. We know joy.”

“I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.”

“Live without pretending, love without depending, listen without defending, speak without offending.”

“The strongest human emotion is fear. It's the essence of any good thriller that, for a little while, you believe in the boogeyman.”

“You have to treat yourself. Life is too short to deprive yourself of things.”

“Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists.”

Source : "Crocker, Petraeus Testify Before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Iraq". David Petraeus' remarks at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing hosted by Carl Levin, media.washingtonpost.com. September 11, 2007.